A presidential visit is big news anywhere in America, but in a city so small that Friday night football games are still the weekly happening and politicians gather under the Tree of Knowledge, hearing "Hail to the Chief" at a presidential visit is the chance of a lifetime. ...more

October 25, 2009

The roof of a stage being built for a Madonna concert in the French port city of Marseille collapsed Thursday, leaving one worker dead and six injured, city officials said. ...more

July 16, 2009

To erase $157,000 in revenue shortfalls, City Manager Sarah Adelt has recommended 33 budget cuts and ideas to save money. ...more

February 8, 2009

Art was laced up with political statement as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered fundraiser that featured a "shoe throw" at an image of President George W. Bush. ...more

January 6, 2009

City voters will decide during the Nov. 4 election whether candidates for city council and mayor should live in the city for at least six months prior to running for office. ...more

October 22, 2008

In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels penned their Communist Manifesto - "a specter is haunting Europe, the specter of communism" - in a cabaret overlooking Brussels' spectacular Grand-Place. ...more

September 21, 2008

Former Army officer Tom Rooney edged out a victory in Tuesday's Republican primary and will face freshman Democratic U.S. Rep Tim Mahoney, who captured his seat after Rep. Mark Foley resigned amid an Internet teen sex scandal. ...more

August 27, 2008

Sebring voters will have four choices in the Aug. 26 primary: Former commissioner Jeri Canale is running against psychologist Bruce Borkosky for the Democratic nomination, and former city councilor Jeff Carlson is challenging incumbent Andrew Jackson in the Republican primary. ...more

August 18, 2008

Why is congressional candidate Hal Valeche contributing a half million dollars to his campaign? ...more

July 20, 2008

SEBRING — The city of Sebring will have to make do with $1.7 million less in revenues, but the city nevertheless has budgeted donations to the Children's Museum, Safe House, the Historical Preservation Commission, the Boys and Girls Clubs and the July 4 fireworks celebration. But about those fireworks. City Councilor Margie Rhoades isn't pleased that the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency has donated $5,000, and she wants the council to withdraw its planned $5,000 gift. "Instead of spending $10,000 on fireworks, I think we should spend more on the Children's Museum and the Boys and Girls Club," said Rhoades, in a budget hearing Wednesday. Another hearing is scheduled June 17. The city is planning to contribute $10,000 to the Children's Museum and $50,000 to the Boys and Girls Club. ...more

June 13, 2008