A Tampa-based utility is blaming the railroad for any high costs it must pass on to its customers. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. has filed a complaint with a federal agency against CSX Transportation Inc., saying new CSX rates to ship coal from Illinois and Appalachia to a Palatka generating station could add to utility costs for more than 1.7 million consumers. Seminole serves the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative in Dade City, the Sumter Electric Cooperative in Sumterville and the Peace River Electric Cooperative in Wauchula among 10-nonprofit systems. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Avon Park volleyball team had an off night on the road Thursday, as Palmetto took advantage of poor serve-receive by the Red Devils en route to a 25-16, 25-11, 25-13 sweep in district action. ...more

September 13, 2008

The Avon Park location where the Heartland Workforce Mobile One-Stop visits has changed. ...more

August 31, 2008

Frank Gibbs, executor director of the Heartland Educational Consortium (HEC), has received the Lamp of Knowledge Award, given each year to one person in the state who has made an outstanding contribution to public education. ...more

August 18, 2008

Traffic homicide investigators with the Florida Highway Patrol spent about three hours going over the scene of a fatal crash Thursday morning that involved a Sebring man and a Bonita Springs man who was killed. ...more

August 14, 2008

"This makes it official," William Elmo "Mo" Redding said as he proudly showed me a congratulatory card he and is wife Annie Louise received from President George and Laura Bush. It was for the couple's 50th wedding anniversary reached on this June 15, Father's Day. ...more

June 28, 2008

In the wilds of Wauchula, Peace River Electric Cooperative utility workers often come across wildlife. A few weeks ago, utility worker Eddie Bailey was traveling near the town of Ona in Hardee County when he spotted a furry thing parked on top of a wooden utility pole. Bailey recognized the beast as a Florida bobcat. ...more

June 4, 2008

AP Chamber To Hold Awards Banquet AVON PARK — The Avon Park Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet Thursday, June 5 at the Avon Park Community Center. The theme for the banquet is "A Hawaiian Luau," which will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. Dinner will follow at 7. The cost is $35 per person. There will be a silent auction, door prizes and entertainment. ...more

May 17, 2008

SEBRING — It came as a surprise. After Martha Visbing suffered a stroke, she ended up in the Kenilworth Care & Rehab Center in Sebring. Left home alone was husband Glenn Visbing. As he has for two years, Glenn visits his wife most evenings. He said he misses "everything" about living under the same roof. ...more

May 11, 2008