Powerful storms across the Midwest brought heavy rain, strong winds and several apparent tornadoes, damaging homes and businesses, tossing railcars off their tracks and knocking out power to thousands. ...more

June 19, 2009

Some of them are said to be big enough to accommodate railroad cars. They may reach a depth of 50 feet, and are reported to be equipped with cables and electric motors that move food, fuel and probably some of the heaviest rockets that Hamas aims at Israel. ...more

January 12, 2009

The post office and a couple of abandoned storefronts are all that remain of the thriving downtown that anchored this community in northeast Pasco County. ...more

December 15, 2008

While it is the only fully serviced business park in Highlands County, the Sebring Regional Airport Industrial Park became a magnet to attract businesses, and in turn, create jobs and stimulate the local economy. ...more

September 21, 2008

Broken luggage is stacked on Bob King's backroom shelves, on layover from hometowns named Hebron, Ky.; Battle Creek, Mich.; and Frisco, Texas. ...more

May 28, 2008

Bobby Lightfoot braced himself as the train engineer hit the brakes in the Polk County rail yard, but the hard stop rippled through the railroad cars to where Lightfoot stood, throwing him over a railing and onto the pavement 8 feet below. ...more

May 2, 2008