A proposed air-conditioning system has come under fire from residents and a contractor for being too expensive and too large for the Seminole Heights Garden Center. ...more

July 22, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson toured the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse on Monday and the experience literally took his breath away. ...more

February 20, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson toured the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse on Monday and the experience literally took his breath away. ...more

February 17, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson toured the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse today and the experience literally left him aghast. The senator was responding to complaints from federal judges and employees who work in the 12-year-old building that shoddy construction has left them with leaking windows and roofs and that mold has taken hold. ...more

February 16, 2009

Susan Mays bought a house more than two years ago and made it a homeless shelter for women and children, relying on faith that it would work out. Her faith is being tested as she tries to hold off foreclosure almost five months after losing her job and the income that helped support the Amen Outreach Ministry Shelter for Women and Children. ...more

December 31, 2008

After hearing arguments for more than an hour today, Judge Peter Estrada said he would decide on Nov. 12 whether to toss out evidence in two grow-house cases. ...more

September 24, 2008

Highlands County Habitat for Humanity looks to expand from its typical single-family home construction with a downtown Sebring workforce housing townhouse project. ...more

August 31, 2008

The firefighters displaced from Wednesday's early-morning flood will temporarily relocate to a space even older than the fire station they had to vacate: a museum. ...more

January 25, 2008

QUESTION: "I have spent waaaay too much money applying redwood bark and cocoa hulls to my front and backyard landscape and flower beds only to find that the cool fall weather has caused the bark to mold and mildew, plus the neighborhood cats are using my landscape as their litter box. Is there anyway I can save my investment? Please help!" - Sandy Davis ...more

December 29, 2007

About four years ago, the city bought the old federal courthouse for $1. ...more

October 10, 2007