The state will not pursue action against a former Webb Middle School principal accused of stealing small amounts of money. ...more

January 29, 2008

Florida is having a dismal decade when it comes to presidential primaries. In 2000, Floridians voted in Republican and Democratic primaries on March 14. But the races had effectively ended four days earlier. ...more

January 6, 2008

The renovated Grove Park Community Center should reopen soon, but vandals and graffiti artists have struck the construction site, county officials say. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Ken Melvin and Ray Napper, two of the seven members of the Lake Denton Citizens Advisory Committee, were not happy with the committee's recommendations to re-open this closed public lake with severe restrictions. Melvin, though, reluctantly endorsed the Highlands County commissioners' decision Tuesday to reopen the popular lake –– closed since early September –– despite the number of controversial restrictions on public access. He described the lake reopening plan as too little, too late and nowhere near a good solution to a big problem. Unlike the other speakers who harshly criticized the plan, though, Melvin didn't oppose the commissioners adopting the committee's unpopular and controversial plan. ...more

January 3, 2008

The Augusta State University softball program does not venture outside of Georgia to recruit very often. Most of its players are from Georgia, a few others are from the Carolinas. ...more

December 1, 2007

SEBRING –– Public access could be restored to Lake Denton as soon as January, under a plan tentatively adopted by a special seven-member citizens committee. Highlands County commissioners may receive the proposal in December. It calls for restricting access through limited parking, weekend user's fees, and closing the county boat ramp at 4 p.m. daily. During summer weekends, dozens of vehicles carrying scuba divers, swimmers, sunbathers and a few boaters often overflowed the county's parking lot at the lake. Committee members are recommending that parking be limited to only eight spaces. Vehicles parked outside of the designated spaces could be ticketed or towed. ...more

November 16, 2007

One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cell phone vigilante. He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was "blabbing away" into her phone. ...more

November 4, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 31, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 29, 2007

When the family goes out to eat, Holly Covais brings sanitizing wipes to disinfect the sides and bottoms of tables. ...more

October 25, 2007