MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men whose small plane went down in the Bahamas. ...more

December 27, 2009

The following Highlands County students graduated from the University of South Florida Polytechnic at its fall 2009 commencement Dec. 14 at The Lakeland Center: ...more

December 19, 2009

Retired U.S. Rep. Sam Gibbons joined the South Tampa Democrats at CDB's Southside restaurant for their November happy hour. Sierra Club Regional Rep. Phil Compton was guest speaker. ...more

December 9, 2009

Highlands County will need to add 11,000 jobs by 2015 when the population will be nearing 110,000 people, according to its economic development director. ...more

March 29, 2009

Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a phone while driving. ...more

February 28, 2009

Firefighters call it "The Palace." Built in 2000, Fire Station 1 on Dairy Road is a penthouse compared with the city's downtown fire station. ...more

February 21, 2009

St. Petersburg police were investigating Wednesday night how a 6-month-old baby received second-degree burns over 18 percent of her body. ...more

February 18, 2009

The back-to-back blasts of cold last week hit Hillsborough County's tropical fish farmers hard, costing them more than $1.7 million in dead aquarium fish and snails, according to preliminary reports. ...more

February 10, 2009

Farmers across the state still are assessing damage from last week's string of freezes, but early reports show green beans, potatoes and squash were hit by the frigid weather. ...more

January 27, 2009

Farmers across the state are still assessing damage from last week's string of freezes, but early reports show green beans, potatoes and squash were hit by the frigid temperatures. ...more

January 26, 2009