The semi-tractor-trailers started rolling in about midnight Thursday carrying 2,000-pound rolls of turf harvested the same day at Bent Oak Farm in Foley, Ala. It's supersod for the Super Bowl. Crews got to work early this morning carefully laying the 41-foot–long strips at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 9, 2009

SEBRING — The 71st Annual Highlands County Fair will feature livestock exhibits, carnival games, yummy food, gravity defying rides, agricultural and other exhibitors, plus live entertainment from Friday Feb. 8 through Saturday Feb.16, at Fireman's Field. Richard McClain, fair director of the Highlands County Fair Association, talked about the livestock exhibits – his favorite part of the fair – as the first of more than 100 semi-tractor trailers were unloaded Monday at the fairgrounds. The fair gets kids involved in a project and keeps them busy since they need to work with their animals everyday," said McClain. "They're growing up and learning how to make a profit." McClain expects 4-H members to exhibit 40 steer, 29 heifers, 105 hogs, 71 rabbits and 78 poultry. Fair preparation is a year-long event for both participants and staff. ...more

February 5, 2008