One hundred days. One hundred service opportunities. "This 100 Days plan has nothing to do with money," said Aaliyah Mitchell, assistant principal at Macfarlane Park Elementary School. "It's about giving time and giving your heart." ...more

April 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Tails are wagging from pet toys donated for cats and dogs at the county's animal adoption center. ...more

January 11, 2009

Tails are wagging from pet toys donated for cats and dogs at the county's animal adoption center. ...more

January 7, 2009

Evemarie Lewin has been feeling boxed in about where she can mail her letters in West Pasco. Recently it seemed to her that more and more of the big blue outdoor boxes have been vanishing from area streets. Whether the outdoor box has a standard flip-down lid or a "snorkel" horn chute, Lewin finds them to be much more convenient than going inside post office lobbies to drop off her mail. ...more

September 17, 2008

State's Attorney Jerry Hill met Wednesday morning with Sheriff Susan Benton at the Highlands County Sheriff's Office about the evidence audit she released publicly in April. ...more

September 11, 2008

SEBRING — Meters need to be changed out, customers need their water cut off, the electronic registers go kaput and need rewiring ... those are pretty routine tasks for water meter readers. But in Sebring, you can add "dealing with killer bees" to the job description, according to a utility official. ...more

June 17, 2008

Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study. ...more

February 15, 2008