Interesting that opting out to move the public option through Congress is gaining momentum among some blue dog Democrats and those conservative Republicans whose constituencies lie mostly in the southern states, a few in the far west. ...more

October 29, 2009

The first few days after Ellie Aubel returned from her December mission trip to Haiti with several other members of Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, her typically familiar surroundings seemed almost surreal. ...more

March 25, 2009

The Sebring City Council will hear a proposal tonight by HPC Healthcare Inc., to build a 24,000 square-foot, 16-bed, inpatient facility on 6.3 acres of land located at 1110 Hammock Road. ...more

January 20, 2009

The family of the 18-year-old woman who was raped and beaten in April at the Bloomingdale Regional Library in Brandon didn't have to look much farther than their own back yard to find good Samaritans. ...more

October 24, 2008

The family of the 18-year-old woman who was raped and beaten in April at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library didn't have to look much farther than their backyard to find good Samaritans. ...more

October 24, 2008

The 18-year-old victim of a brutal rape and beating at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library is expected to return to her home in south Hillsborough County at the end of this month. ...more

October 17, 2008

The 18-year-old victim of a brutal rape and beating at the Bloomingdale Regional Library is expected to return to her home in south Hillsborough County at the end of this month. ...more

October 16, 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

AVON PARK — Taking advantage of familiar surroundings, Avon Park dominated the action on the mat by winning four weight-class titles in Friday's Class 1A-District 8 wrestling meet in the Red Devil gym. Lake Wales won the eight-team meet, which sends the top four wrestlers from each weight class to Friday's regionals at South Florida Community College. Lake Wales finished first with 152 points, while Avon Park, which advanced nine wrestlers, placed a close second with 146, despite having two less athletes than the Highlanders. ...more

February 3, 2008

At age 17, Preston Zimmerman decided to make a leap of faith. He turned down a full soccer scholarship to Duke University and the elite education that came with it and, with the approval of his parents, accepted a contract to play with German Bundesliga giant Hamburg SV. ...more

January 27, 2008