Hillsborough County students brought holiday cheer, gifts and lots of smiles to dozens of senior citizens Saturday as part of the seventh annual Christmas gift program from Caregiver's Helping Hand. ...more

December 7, 2008

Wooden airplanes, trucks and rocking horses sit in a warehouse ready for delivery to hundreds of Polk County homes this holiday season. ...more

December 4, 2008

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Pasco County, which is in effect 2 to 8 a.m. Thursday. A three- to five-hour period of extremely cold weather will settle in the area tonight into Thursday morning with temperatures bottoming out in the upper 20s inland and to the lower 30s near the coast, a news release from Pasco County Emergency Management stated. . Winds are forecast to be 5 mph then becoming light toward morning. Combined with the cold lower temperatures Pasco residents can anticipate wind chill as low as 19 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit. ...more

November 26, 2008

The Family Readiness Group of the Bravo Battery, 3/116th FA MLRS local National Guard military unit, along with a Springfield College group project called "Touched By Angels," will be having a fundraising yard sale at the Avon Park Armory on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...more

September 10, 2008

As Hurricane Gustav barrels toward the central Gulf Coast and evacuees flee south Louisiana and south Mississippi, The Salvation Army has responded to meet the physical and spiritual needs of evacuees and bus drivers. ...more

August 31, 2008

After two of his employees said they were attacked by three men while closing up an Apollo Beach restaurant Saturday, owner Shawn Haverfield is organizing fundraisers to help the women gain "some sense of normalcy." ...more

August 20, 2008

Two toddlers burned by firecrackers July 4 returned home today to Fort Myers after spending three weeks recovering at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

July 28, 2008

A car wash, a golf tournament, a scholarship luncheon, a networking luncheon and a membership breakfast are planned by the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce, said Interim President Sarah Pallone. "These are all part of 'Change for the Chamber,'" said Pallone, "which refers to two things. We're changing, and we're accepting donations." The networking breakfast is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Friday at Kenilworth Lodge. Motivational speaker Duwayne Keller will explain how to motivate employees. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — Two changes to the Highlands County Sports Complex are in the works and a third is planned but as of yet unfunded. On Saturday, Gordon and Mary Delp, whose specialty was their Philly cheeseteak at their former restaurant on South Commerce Avenue, will open up Park Place Snackbar & Grill at the sports complex. The Delps signed a one-year lease, with an option to renew it for up to four years, with the county to prepare and sell food at the sports complex. ...more

May 21, 2008

Haunted by images of a fatal crash he saw Wednesday night, a Tampa businessman is offering to help pay for the funeral of a young mother he saw lifeless in her car. ...more

February 9, 2008