TALLAHASSEE – Tight end Charlie Graham's quest to rejoin Florida State University's football team has a new wrinkle other than whether he can regain his academic eligibility. Graham has a June 17 court date in Leon County to face a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in the city. ...more

May 22, 2008

Preston Parker is getting a second chance at Florida State, but the Seminoles' 2007 offensive MVP is under more scrutiny than ever after he reached a plea agreement Monday in a Palm Beach County courtroom. ...more

May 20, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State receiver Preston Parker, the Seminoles' offensive MVP last season, will miss the first two games of next season and face additional penalties levied by the school's revamped athletic department. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — It happened in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties. But Joe Campbell made a different decision, so the intense media scrutiny wasn't focused on Highlands County after the 2000 presidential election. "Our presidential ballot was printed on one page," said Campbell, supervisor of elections in Highlands County. He held up a copy of the Palm Beach County ballot, signed by the election board officials there. ...more

May 19, 2008

Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn't been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two Democratic House members sponsoring the legislation. ...more

April 15, 2008

BRADENTON - Florida law prohibits local governments from using images from cameras mounted at intersections to issue traffic tickets, but some cities have found a loophole. More jurisdictions are considering mounting cameras and issuing civil infractions instead of traffic tickets, which can impact a person's driving record and insurance costs. ...more

February 24, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring resident Cynthia Hearn picked up a free month's rent courtesy of Riverside Bank. A presentation to the winner of Riverside Bank's "Live One Month Free on Us" sweepstakes was held recently at Riverside's Sebring office. "I can't believe it," said Hearn. "I can really use the additional funds this month." "All of us at Riverside Bank are excited about helping out Ms. Hearn and her two puppies," said Sophia Peavy, Riverside's Sebring office manager. "By eliminating the responsibility of a month's rent payment, Cynthia can use her funds toward paying off other bills or whatever else she wishes to use the money for. It's Riverside's way of showing we care about the citizens in our home towns, especially in this economy. " ...more

February 23, 2008

Sheriff's deputies got involved after protesters blocked the entrance to a Palm Beach County power plant Monday and jammed up traffic for at least a mile. ...more

February 19, 2008

My name is Randy Gilde. I live in Lake Placid and I am one of the owners of Highlands Greenhouse-Delray Plants. We are the proposed site for the ethanol plant in Venus. This opinion is written with all due respect to Hilary Swain and Archbold in response to her guest column in Saturday's paper. We have nothing but admiration for what they do and represent. We are a green industry and are also good stewards of the land the Lord has blessed us with. Although I am not as educated nor can I write as eloquently as Hilary, I would like to make some positive points about co-locating with the plant. ...more

February 13, 2008