At the request of Allen C. Altvater III, the city of Sebring City Council voted to provide some official help to serve on a centennial planning committee when the city celebrates 100 years in October of 2012. ...more

November 8, 2009

Treasure hunter finds wedding band in the sand at Pine Island; gets $200 reward. ...more

November 4, 2009

Long-awaited improvements to a park renamed six years ago to honor restaurateur Bern Laxer are nearing completion, with a dedication ceremony expected next month, city officials say. ...more

October 26, 2009

Caladesi Island State Park, a ferry ride away from Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin, was named best beach in the nation for 2008 by Dr. Beach, coastal expert Dr. Stephen Leatherman, director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. ...more

October 24, 2009

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Temple Terrace man ...more

August 21, 2009

State Library and Archives of Florida posts photos on Flickr and spurs discussions. ...more

March 31, 2009

Archeologists want to study past cultures, not just the artifacts they find. ...more

March 29, 2009

Vendors and festival organizers are constantly at the mercy of Mother Nature. ...more

March 8, 2009

The first outbreak of a disease that is killing palm trees in other parts of the state was detected this week in Highlands County. ...more

February 21, 2009

Well, there's still the game tonight, although after Super Bowl Week the game is almost anti-climatic. Most of the interest seems to lean in the direction of how good the commercials might be. ...more

February 1, 2009