I am an angry, loyal Publix shopper and have shopped there for over 40 years. I learned about the closing of the Avon Park store in the newspaper, and a Publix spokesperson confirmed this. Part of her rationale for closing the store is that "it doesn't make sense to have two stores only four and a half miles apart." Sebring now has two stores about five miles apart, Lake Wales has two stores about five miles apart and Winter Haven has two stores about five miles apart. Avon Park shoppers who are accustomed to running by their neighborhood Publix to pick up a gallon of milk or a box of fried chicken, on their way home from work, will now have to buy their goods at Winn-Dixie or Wal-Mart, neither of whom carries products of the same quality as Publix's goods; or they can drive all the way to Sebring. ...more

April 18, 2009

Two men drove from Manatee County to the Wal-Mart on Broad Street Wednesday on the belief they were going to illegally buy 150 grams of the painkiller oxycodone. ...more

April 18, 2009

Paul & Jerry's Self Storage, 10161 County Line Road, Spring Hill, , 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 6000 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chick-Fil-A coupon ...more

April 1, 2009

Retail recently had its best week since the beginning of December and analysts think the strong showing is a "good omen" heading into the spring season. ...more

April 1, 2009

A man died Tuesday morning, trapped in a burning van outfitted as a camper and parked at a Wal-Mart Supercenter. ...more

March 31, 2009

A man died when he became trapped inside a burning van outfitted as a camper this morning in a Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot. ...more

March 31, 2009

Leah Murdick was just like the hundreds of people turning in their bottles of prescription medication Saturday morning. ...more

March 29, 2009

Art Wilkins of Port Richey says Pasco County has not handle the traffic situation around the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Hudson area. ...more

March 28, 2009

While The Salvation Army set a holiday donation record nationally, a sagging local economy accounted for a nearly 27 percent drop in red kettle collections for its Sebring unit in 2008 compared to the previous year, according to Major Mary Holmes. ...more

March 28, 2009

LifeSouth Blood Mobile Schedule for March-April ...more

March 26, 2009