A visit from Santa last week lifted the spirits of about 85 seniors at county facilities in Ruskin and Wimauma. ...more

December 22, 2007

BRADENTON BEACH - A 43-year-old Bradenton Beach man was killed Sunday night when his single-engine plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of Fauquier County in Northern Virginia, authorities said. ...more

December 12, 2007

The small sign with the Lakota prayer greets visitors who come to Gram's Place and wait patiently outside the red door. ...more

November 7, 2007

SEBRING — Don't be surprised if you see more shaved heads than usual in Highlands County schools. It's all for a good cause. Five principals and teachers wanted to show support for Kindergarten Learning Center Dean "Mr. K" Rick Kogelschatz who has cancer. So they decided to shear their locks. Kogelschatz had a kidney transplant about 1½ years ago. During the summer he was treated for testicular cancer, which spread to a lung for which he is currently receiving chemotherapy. His fellow faculty and students from three schools, who've been associated with him as a teacher and dean, have tried to bolster Kogelschatz's spirits. ...more

October 30, 2007

A federal jury decided Friday that a woman convicted of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb should receive the death penalty. ...more

October 27, 2007

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for the man who killed a 36-year-old Riverview woman at a nightclub in Brandon early this morning. ...more

October 18, 2007

Karen Taylor Williams had one of the most melodious voices her father ever heard, one so pleasing he'd shed a tear every time he heard her. ...more

October 18, 2007