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Tips to keep your pet safe

A reader relayed a terrifying experience they had in the past week with the accidental poisoning of their pet. It is easy to overlook deadly items that are not dangerous to humans, but fatal to our pets. ...more

January 13, 2008

Antsy For Winter Escape? Strike While Deals Are Hot

You returned the crystal candy bowl from your mother-in-law, put the sweater from Aunt Ethel on eBay and now you need to keep the blues at bay by dreaming about your next vacation. ...more

January 13, 2008

December Was One Of Warmest

SEBRING — Last week's cold snap aside, Highlands County's temperatures were anything but winter-like since December. In fact, as we go through at least another three days of highs reaching 80 degrees, records from the National Weather Service indicated that Avon Park had the sixth warmest December since 1893. The average temperature in the City of Charm last month was 68.4 degrees, 5.8 degrees above the December average of 62.6. The mercury at the Archbold Biological Station south of Lake Placid did not stay as high up from the average mark, but still was 4.7 degrees higher at 67.1, above the station's 62.4 average. For Archbold, this is the fourth highest average since 1969. The NWS holds no data for Sebring. ...more

January 12, 2008

Area Fishing Begins To Pick Up

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

January 10, 2008

Tornadoes, Flooding Wreak Havoc

A line of thunderstorms fed by warm weather Tuesday continued spinning off tornadoes unusual for January, killing a man in Arkansas and carrying a cow close to a mile. ...more

January 9, 2008

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Valuable Christmas Lessons Learned The day after Christmas, my girls and I decided to take their grandmother to the beautiful area of Tampa for a warm weather retreat. We enjoyed 80-degree weather and came back to a light dusting of snow in Chattanooga, Tenn., on our return Tuesday. The shock of the cold weather has kept me in my pajamas! Our time there was glorious except for one little mishap that taught me several invaluable lessons. ...more

January 3, 2008

Tonight, Too, Protect Your Foliage

Backyard tropical foliage plants - such as palm trees - may be on life support this morning, especially if people failed to take necessary measures to protect them from the overnight cold. ...more

January 3, 2008