It looked like a horrific scene Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement and wrecking crews worked a six-vehicle accident on U.S. 27 in front of the entrance of Lakeshore Mall. Debris littered the roadway, and a few of the cars suffered massive damage as a result of the crash. ...more

December 4, 2008 |

The full scope of the housing meltdown isn't clear and already there are ominous signs of a new crisis, one that could shutter malls, hotels and storefronts nationwide. ...more

November 28, 2008 |

The Avon Park City Council decided it would take more money from churches and non-profit groups to support the fire department, but the extra revenue wouldn't make up for a $74,000 budget deficit the city has just discovered. ...more

August 27, 2008 |

Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their plunge Wednesday as investors became increasingly convinced that the stocks will drop to zero if the government bails out the troubled companies. ...more

August 21, 2008 |

One driver of a two-vehicle crash Friday near the Raceway gas station, south of Sebring, died Sunday at Tampa General Hospital, a Florida Highway Patrol press release stated. ...more

July 23, 2008 |

SEBRING - One of the victims of a two-vehicle crash near the Raceway gas station south of Sebring died Sunday at Tampa General Hospital, a Florida Highway Patrol press release stated. Harland Hoeft, 92, died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, more than a day after he pulled his 1998 Oldsmobile off of Orange Boulevard and into the path of a northbound 2002 Chevrolet. ...more

July 20, 2008 |

Mortgage brokers who haven't fled the industry or been forced out are in survival mode. ...more

February 1, 2008 |

Hundreds of students are back in a West Palm Beach school after a bomb squad determined a suspicious device in a classroom was a clock. ...more

January 8, 2008 |

Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who had tried to stop a stolen vehicle on a rural road were killed when they were struck by a fellow deputy's patrol car early Wednesday. The driver of the patrol car was injured, authorities said. ...more

November 29, 2007 |

AVON PARK — Sharon Schuler retained the mayor's seat and Al Hinson will take over Doug Eason's city council position after both won by comfortable margins in the official count. ...more

November 7, 2007 |