Heartland Rural Health Network received a $5,000 gift from the Winn-Dixie Foundation earlier this month. ...more

August 23, 2009

Three teenage girls believe the Go Girls program helps them stand up to peer-pressure to have sex. ...more

March 11, 2009

The choice is between Newman's Own Lighten Up Italian Dressing and Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing. Go for the zesty, right? ...more

February 1, 2009

A $9,978 grant is helping the Heartland Rural Health Network Inc. develop a comprehensive, and the first of its kind, video education program for children 5 and under. ...more

July 15, 2008

SEBRING — The Florida Department of Children and Families has released $42,897 in funding to programs operating in both Highlands and Hardee counties, the agency announced Friday. The announcement was made in a memo from Circuit 10 Contract Manager, Jacqueline Burt. Richard Reinhardt, executive director for the Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. said typically, they're given about half that amount. "This grant is received annually, but this is the most ever awarded to these two counties," he said. Funding for the state's Department of Children and Families Grant-In-Aid program is statewide, but is left up to each DCF Circuit to administer these funds. Circuit 10 covers Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties. ...more

June 23, 2008