The $700 billion financial rescue package did nothing to avert stock market meltdowns and perhaps a worldwide recession, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney told business leaders Wednesday in Sebring and Avon Park. ...more

October 9, 2008

Fatty-N-Mabel's restaurant probably wouldn't exist at its current location if owner Mike Simpson had known the troubles he'd run into. ...more

October 5, 2008

Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park's Zoo's embattled president and chief executive officer, is taking an immediate leave of absence. ...more

October 4, 2008

A community effort to rename the New Tampa Regional Library for a local civic activist has gotten more complicated. ...more

September 24, 2008

A community effort to rename the New Tampa Regional Library for a local civic activist has gotten more complicated. ...more

September 19, 2008

Safari Wild must repay taxpayer-funded Lowry Park Zoo for any money it paid to the Polk County exotic-animal park and for barns the zoo built on the property, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

The Avon Park Chamber of Commerce is going to seek help from the town's community redevelopment agencies after the city refused to provide free services for the annual Christmas Parade. ...more

September 10, 2008

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that spraying or fogging with chemical insecticides is the least effective means of controlling mosquitoes. ...more

September 9, 2008

Highlands County will have a new commissioner and a new district judge, voters decided Tuesday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Avon and Park elementary schools might continue using the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program if a deal between the Avon Park Police Department and the Highlands County Sheriff's Office works out. ...more

August 27, 2008