The winner of the first-ever Mason G. Smoak Friend of Agriculture Award was Smoak himself, the Lake Placid cattleman and citrus grower who died in a June 20, 2008 plane crash. His wife, Tracee, accepted. ...more

November 16, 2009

A motorcycle driver was killed when he ran through a red light and collided with an SUV on University Parkway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 4, 2008

Based on the smell test, it didn't seem likely that Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson could turn $20 worth of grazing rights into an $11,000 tax savings. ...more

July 1, 2008

"This makes it official," William Elmo "Mo" Redding said as he proudly showed me a congratulatory card he and is wife Annie Louise received from President George and Laura Bush. It was for the couple's 50th wedding anniversary reached on this June 15, Father's Day. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING — Blaine Albritton kept walking his steer around in circles near Firemen's Field's midway Thursday. Blaine's steer, Billy Bob, seemed a bit anxious that morning, mooing and occasionally bucking as Blaine held to his lead rope. But as Blaine got ready Thursday morning to show and auction Billy Bob at the Highlands County Fair, Blaine, 10, was also a bit uneasy parting with him. "It's going to be hard," he said of the coming auction. Blaine considered Billy Bob to be "like my best friend" during the 8 months he raised him. ...more

February 15, 2008