SEBRING — Possible deadlines for an elected or appointed superintendent referendum were announced Thursday night during a School Board of Highlands County workshop. The issue of changing from an elected to an appointed school superintendent has become a hot issue lately amongst parents and residents. Depending upon how the school board handles the issue, residents may have the opportunity later this year to vote on whether board members should appoint future superintendents or keep the current system, which leaves it up to the public to elect them. ...more

February 4, 2008

Warren Sapp told the Oakland Raiders on Thursday that he was retiring, ending the career of one of the best defensive tackles to play in the NFL. ...more

January 4, 2008

Florida's population growth slowed, and Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to Census Bureau state population estimates released Wednesday. ...more

December 27, 2007

The Tampa Bay History Center has a long history of its own. At the groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the museum that will be built on Channelside, former History Center Board Chairman Tom Touchton recounted he was first recruited for the project 19 years ago. ...more

December 4, 2007

POINCIANA - Authorities have refined the description of a girl or young woman detectives say was killed and found burned in extreme northeast Polk County. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - An ex-convict released from prison just six months ago was arrested over the weekend, accused of raping a woman he had hired to clean his house and cook him pork chops, authorities said. ...more

October 21, 2007

Joe Maddon's devotion to the work of rocker Bruce Springsteen runs deep, to the point that the Devil Rays manager's favorite Springsteen album ('The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle') is listed in his biography in the team's media guide. ...more

October 16, 2007

GAINESVILLE - Florida held a memorial service Monday night to honor walk-on QB Michael "Sunshine" Guilford, who died early Friday morning in a motorcycle crash. Also, Gators coach Urban Meyer brought in former NFL WR Cris Carter to speak to the team about dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy. ...more

October 15, 2007

The hit haunted Herman Jacobs long after most people forgot his role in a play that put his opponent in a wheelchair. ...more

October 12, 2007

Regarding 'County's Attack On Duplication Has Unpleasant Taste Of Duplicity' (Our Opinion, Sept. 5) and 'Proposed Changes To Growth Plan Foresee Subdivisions Everywhere' (Our Opinion, Sept 16) ...more

September 22, 2007