Make no mistake -- only the float drivers will be absent for Saturday's Mama Guava Stumble, not the drinkers. ...more

October 30, 2009

A 46-year-old woman woke her disabled roommate Wednesday afternoon and demanded that he go get her more beer, deputies say. ...more

September 18, 2009

A 46-year-old woman woke her disabled roommate Wednesday afternoon and demanded that he go get her more beer, deputies say. ...more

September 17, 2009

If you plan to teach a room full of kindergartners about their five senses, it helps to stock up on sour lemons, salty popcorn and a boom box ready to host a dance party. ...more

March 24, 2009

A used-car salesman fires up his lonely lot with a mobile kitchen that's attracting a steady stream of customers. ...more

February 22, 2009

SIESTA KEY - A simple act of paying respect to the flag and the men and women who served in uniform turned retired Navy Capt. Ralph Styles into something of a folk hero. ...more

October 9, 2008

Clayton Maxwell watched as his sister's boyfriend and four cohorts put bandannas across their faces then armed themselves with hammers and a gun, he testified Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

The defense tries to undercut a key witness in the trial of a man accused in a Plant City home invasion that killed one person. ...more

September 4, 2008

SEBRING — Fred Wild Elementary second-grader Brittney Austin stopped by the school's R.O.A.R. Store on Monday with the six R.O.A.R. tickets in hand she received for good behavior. School officials at Fred Wild Elementary and three other district schools are looking to the Positive Behavior Support program this year with hopes of improving student conduct. Park Elementary was first to implement the program in 2003-04 with Sebring Middle following in 2005-06. Fred Wild and Avon Park Middle started the program this year. Austin said she received a R.O.A.R. ticket in the lunchroom and another ticket in her classroom for being first to follow her teacher's directions. Students can use the tickets to get items in the R.O.A.R. Store, which is open for about one hour on Mondays and Tuesdays. ...more

October 9, 2007