There's no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer's disease. Yet an Alzheimer's group is pushing for simple memory screenings in a bid to catch possible warning signs of dementia sooner. ...more

March 7, 2009

There's no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer's disease. Yet an Alzheimer's group is pushing for simple memory screenings in a bid to catch possible warning signs of dementia sooner. ...more

January 10, 2009

Two Highlands County sheriff's deputies returning from a false alarm call, escaped injury after a rear-end collision with each other in the 600 block of Placid Lakes Boulevard late Thursday afternoon. ...more

August 30, 2008

Two Highlands County sheriff's deputies returning from a false alarm call, escaped injury after a rear-end collision with each other in the 600 block of Placid Lakes Boulevard late Thursday afternoon. Deputy Jacob Riley, followed in a cruiser by deputy Brennen Warner, were headed back from the alarm call, when an orange tabby cat ran out in front of Riley's lead car causing the deputy to swerve and brake suddenly. ...more

August 29, 2008

As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers. ...more

August 29, 2008

later, in 1971, Asselin's Redstone was put on permanent display in Warren after much initial stewing by town fathers. ...more

July 27, 2008

SEBRING - Several Highlands County Sheriff's Office dispatchers were moved out of their second-story room in the Sheriff's Office building Tuesday evening after "an odor of smoke" began circulating around the room, Sebring Fire Chief Brad Batz said. Batz said a smoke alarm went off in the Sheriff's Office radio room as a burning electric odor spread from a utility room through the air conditioning and into the dispatcher's room. Despite the severe storm and reports of six other alarms caused by the storm in Sebring, he said he could not determine what set off the alarm. No fire or burned equipment was found. ...more

July 10, 2008

Robert Cash Jr. said he felt like somebody was targeting his Palma Ceia home. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - Robert Cash Jr. said he felt like somebody was targeting his Palma Ceia home. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - For the third time in six days, dispatchers for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue have coached anxious parents in delivering a baby. ...more

July 5, 2008