A local group of young professionals has created an award in honor of a community leader killed in a car crash last week. ...more

June 2, 2009

For the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left New Orleans a quagmire of flooded streets and smashed homes, the city's population has risen above 300,000 people, according to Census Bureau figures released Wednesday. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Heartland Young Professionals are in the early planning stages for Sebring's July Fourth celebration and the Community Redevelopment Agency was the first to commit some funding Monday. ...more

March 12, 2009

A 1946 Burgert Brothers' photograph was among key evidence persuading city officials that beer, wine and liquor can flow freely at The Retreat, an upscale bar catering to young professionals. A particular memory of property owner Nicholas Massari goes back even further to a famous day in history: the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tammy Bracewell juggled phone calls and e-mail messages at the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce last week, where preparations were under way for the organization's annual dinner Friday night. The chamber – established in 1959 – will celebrate its 50th year at the dinner with a video tribute to the past and its annual citizen and leadership awards ceremony before rallying the troops to launch headlong into 2009. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, established in 1959, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. ...more

January 21, 2009

If the goal of the federal stimulus plan is to generate jobs and revive impoverished neighborhoods, then there is a strong case to be made for funding the revival of Central Park Village. ...more

January 15, 2009

The Heartland Young Professionals should be commended for organizing the 2008 Christmas Parade and choosing "Home for the Holidays" as this year's theme. ...more

December 17, 2008

The city's holiday season will kick off when the Sebring Christmas Parade, hosted by the Heartland Young Professionals, begins at 7 p.m. Friday. ...more

December 4, 2008

Get out the lawn chairs and slip into something red and green for the Avon Park Christmas Parade, Monday, Dec. 1, the first of the county's three holiday parades. ...more

November 28, 2008