Parishioners at Brooksville First Presbyterian Church have gotten proficient at doing what the pastor calls the "Obama Bump." ...more

November 27, 2009

Local residents heard of U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke's death while serving in Afghanistan, and they were saddened to hear the news. ...more

October 26, 2009

DIERKS BENTLEY: FEEL THAT FIRE (CAPITOL) ** Something about seeing Bentley perform in person makes you want to root for him. Usually an opening act, Bentley plays as if he's the headliner. The crowd usually eats up his hay-in-the-hair farm boy energy and charm. ...more

February 12, 2009

The inaugural concert for the newly formed Plant City Community Choir was presented Dec. 18, along with the debut of conductor Joseph G. Mendolia. ...more

December 31, 2008

An overflow crowd jammed the Memorial United Methodist Church Sanctuary last Wednesday to pay respects to Mason Smoak, who died in an airplane crash June 20. There were so many people there that the Lake Placid church had to use its Fellowship Hall to accommodate all of them. According to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, a 1989 fixed wing, single engine, two-seater Piper Cub was returning to the Placid Lakes Airport and crashed near the south end of the runway. Smoak, who was the pilot of the airplane at the time of crash, and his passenger, Dave Maehr, died at the scene. Smoak and Maehr were conducting aerial surveys of black bears in Highlands County. Maehr was a visiting scientist at Archold Biological Station while on sabbatical from the University of Kentucky. ...more

June 29, 2008

Nathaniel Lee released a white dove into the sky above Englewood on Wednesday as a final gesture before laying his wife to rest. ...more

January 24, 2008

New Walk Church celebrated its first anniversary this month. The congregation, which meets at the East Pasco YMCA, has grown from two members to 300. ...more

October 19, 2007