The Christmas holiday season - Highlands County residents describe it as magic and amazing and a time for peace and joy, family gatherings, traditions and celebrating the birth of Jesus. ...more

December 20, 2009

A lot of scurrying around has been going on at the Old Lutz School House to get the facility ready for the Christmas season. ...more

December 9, 2009

A lot of scurrying around has been going on at the Old Lutz School House to get the facility ready for the Christmas season. ...more

December 9, 2009

The warfare waged among the high schools in Polk County has always been top notch, but this past week, the need to win was played out not on the sweaty gridiron on a humid Friday night, but in an air-conditioned, oak paneled courtroom on a Wednesday afternoon. ...more

November 6, 2009

Logan Smith is looking forward to his next trip to the mall. "It's always nice to beat someone from the county," said Smith after he went 2-for-2 with a double, sacrifice fly and two RBI to lead the LP baseball team to a 6-3 victory over Avon Park on the second day of the Bill Jarrett Spring Break Tournament at Scarborough Field. "It gives us more confidence going into districts, and when we go to the mall and you see someone from Avon Park you can hold your head up." ...more

April 2, 2009

Did Blue Streak boys basketball coach Princeton Harris notice anything different about Lake Placid this time around? ...more

February 8, 2009

Hernando County's beleaguered mass transit system, seemingly on life support since the day it debuted due to low ridership numbers, appears to have been spared from death yet again. ...more

January 29, 2009

Avon Park's Paul Calero snuck in a goal in the 78th minute on Thursday and the Red Devils boys soccer team finished the regular season with some much-needed confidence, earning a 1-1 tie with Lake Placid in the cross-county rivals' regular season finales. ...more

January 24, 2009

Vicente Ramos stood still awaiting the referee's whistle that would set the upcoming game-changing sequence into motion. ...more

January 14, 2009

The crushed velvet costume, the thrill of sweeping onto the stage and the opportunity to dazzle an audience eager to absorb some holiday spirit are just a few of the reasons dancers in this year's "The Nutcracker" are eager for Tuesday's performance. ...more

December 21, 2008