SEBRING — The Community Redevelopment Agency tentatively approved changes to the city's ordinance regarding the sale and consumption of alcohol. During Monday night's meeting, the board approved on-premise consumption of alcohol within 100 feet of a church. The changes will still have to be approved by city council members before they take effect. If approved, the changes will allow more businesses to hold wine tastings. ...more

October 10, 2007

Let me be the first to say a huge thank you to the Miracle League of Lake Placid. This baseball league allows children, young adults, and adults , with disabilities, to play baseball. A "Meet and Greet" was held on Saturday, Oct. 6. The games start on Oct. 13. Upon arrival, we were met by a group of baseball players from SFCC. The team and coach were there to pitch, run and just help whenever someone needed them. The number of young people who were there as buddies, volunteers and coaches was overwhelming. The older buddies were a huge plus also. ...more

October 9, 2007

A youth minister is facing allegations he molested a young girl a dozen years ago while babysitting her, authorities say. ...more

October 6, 2007

LUTZ - A youth minister has been jailed on charges of sexually abusing a child, authorities say. Justin Ray Peterson, 31, of 1319 Big Sky Drive, Wesley Chapel, is a youth pastor at River of Life Church in Lutz, according to the church's Web site. ...more

October 5, 2007

What is meningitis? Meningitis is an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by viruses or bacteria. ...more

September 25, 2007

Eight years ago, not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golsan had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house. ...more

September 21, 2007

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported this week, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic. ...more

September 13, 2007