A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2009

Mason Smoak's contribution to agriculture and community extended far beyond his hometown of Lake Placid. ...more

February 7, 2009

Delwyn Wayner, brother of the late James H. Weener, 70, who died in a plane crash Saturday, remembered a man who loved to fly and help others. Weener, who was a seasoned pilot, died Saturday morning after a single-engine airplane he flew came apart in mid-flight over Golf Hammock. ...more

December 16, 2008

Employees of Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) made a startling discovery when looking for the cause of a recent power outage. Van Crawford and J.R. Gough found that power lines were torn down from four poles along a stretch of Dansby Road near Wauchula. A visual search of the area revealed a single-engine airplane lying upside down in a nearby orange grove. They arrived shortly after the Dec. 7 crash. ...more

December 11, 2008

Mitchell Kirby is lying in a Tampa General Hospital bed with a broken leg and foot. ...more

November 30, 2008

A local plastic surgeon and a 19-year-old man were injured when a single-engine sport plane crashed while landing at Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands on Friday morning. ...more

November 29, 2008

The contents of an envelope found in an old desk described the valor of a Marine who flew more than 500 missions during the Vietnam War. ...more

August 6, 2008

TAMPA - The contents of an envelope found in an old desk described the valor of a Marine who flew more than 500 missions during the Vietnam War. ...more

August 5, 2008

TAMPA - Three people died in a plane crash today at Vandenberg Airport. ...more

July 17, 2008

Remember biology class where you learned that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There's a twist: Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad, making you more vulnerable to disorders from obesity to cancer. ...more

December 14, 2007