"Is he gonna turn the switch, or what's he gonna do?" At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the five men in the coffee clatch at McDonald's were manning their usual stations. None planned to go to the Turner Center, where the president's helicopter was supposed to meet a motorcade of a dozen black Suburbans, white government SUVs and local police cars. ...more

October 28, 2009

Arcadia is betting that solar energy — more specifically, a cutting-edge solar plant being built in DeSoto County — will provide hundreds of jobs and an even bigger economic boost. ...more

October 27, 2009

Spirits sank Monday when organizers of a local bus trip to Arcadia to hear President Barack Obama's speech at a Florida Power and Light solar power plant learned the event was by invitation only. ...more

October 27, 2009

More than 200 volunteers packed into Fort DeSoto County Park Saturday to remove 880 pounds of discarded trash and debris. ...more

September 23, 2009

A Sebring man died Sunday night from injuries he suffered in a one-vehicle accident Friday night in DeSoto County. ...more

September 1, 2009

Authorities arrested a Sarasota man Friday in connection to a woman's rape and murder in DeSoto County in 1984 after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, police said. ...more

April 11, 2009

With Highlands County rated among the driest counties in the state, the county commissioners met Tuesday in emergency session and extended the countywide burn ban for another seven days. ...more

March 25, 2009

A power company CEO and the head of a leading environmental organization will never agree on everything, but on one essential element of Florida's future we are absolutely united: the need to bring more solar energy to the state. ...more

March 15, 2009

Drive south on U.S. 27. Just three miles east of S.R. 70, the country begins to change. The Lake Wales Ridge drops dozens of feet in elevation, and the hilly land becomes flat. ...more

February 22, 2009

The Top Ten teams in the Florida high school basketball poll, as voted by sportswriters and members of the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches. ...more

February 3, 2009