PROHIBITED ITEMS • Backpacks, duffel bags or large bags ...more

September 7, 2008

The city council will decide today whether it will turn up the volume on people blasting their stereos all over the neighborhood by making bigger fines for them. ...more

July 28, 2008

AVON PARK — "It's not like they have been collecting dust," Avon Park Police Cmdr. Mike Rowan said, but the department's four bicycles haven't seen much use outside of special events and odd assignments. They've been sitting inside the station since the last Christmas parade. The last time they were used for catching crooks was several months ago while Rowan and three other officers were looking for a cat burglar. ...more

June 2, 2008

AVON PARK — "It's not like they have been collecting dust," Avon Park Police Cmdr. Mike Rowan said, but the department's four bicycles haven't seen much use outside of special events and odd assignments. They've been sitting inside the station since the last Christmas parade. The last time they were used for catching crooks was several months ago while Rowan and three other officers were looking for a cat burglar. And for a regular patrol? Then-chief Tony Velong used to ride around town back in the early '90s, and the city had one officer patrolling from his bike 10 years ago. ...more

June 1, 2008

At least one corner of this small city will be rockin' tonight. A bevy of local rock bands with a spiritual bent will play during the Merry Hardcore New Year's Bash beginning at 7 p.m. at Fire Escape. Fire Escape is the youth ministry of First Baptist Church of Brooksville, 420 N. Howell Ave. ...more

December 30, 2007

Rotary Club of Brooksville and Archer Painting will host Tangerine Time, a New Year's Eve community celebration, at 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at the Jerome Brown Community Center, 99 Jerome Brown Place, off Darby Lane, adjacent Tom Varn Park, Brooksville. ...more

December 22, 2007

Bowlers who are looking for a different way to celebrate ringing in the new year can try combining celebrating and bowling at Hudson Bowl in Hudson. ...more

December 3, 2007