For the next three weeks, Avon representative Florence Richmond of Sebring will be donating 50 percent of her retail sales to abused children in Highlands County. ...more

October 30, 2009

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August 8, 2009

A man is getting Eagle Scout honors nearly 65 years after World War II put off the ceremony. ...more

May 23, 2009

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December 27, 2008

Police charged a 44-year-old man with bigamy Tuesday after learning he was married to two women. Investigators say Marvin Frazer, of 4653 La Force St., married Rebecca Ann Lewis in New York on July 1, 2000. The couple separated three years later but were never divorced. Frazer then married Ilene Florence Finn, 44, on July 7, 2007, at the First Presbyterian Church of Zephyrhills. ...more

December 24, 2008

When my dad was alive he preached to us to always show our love and respect for each other while we are here. Never let a day go by without them knowing they are loved and cared for. How much more joyful our lives would be if we stopped and took the time to think of others before ourselves. ...more

December 21, 2008

It happened in Rome, on the way to Florence. Joe Maddon had said for months that he hoped to run into just one person wearing Rays gear on his honeymoon in Europe in November as a sign that his team had truly arrived. Enter Ryan Atwood of New Tampa, spotted wearing a Rays cap in the train station as Maddon and his bride Jaye waited to head off to Italy for the second stop on a tour that also took them to Prague and London. ...more

December 9, 2008

Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen family that recently sold the Waukegan-based ball bearings maker, they still each received a turkey this Thanksgiving holiday in keeping with tradition. ...more

November 29, 2008

"I brought you a little gift," said the man at Florence Miller's doorstep five years ago, and the Naples resident decided she ought to be hospitable and let him in. ...more

June 29, 2008

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June 2, 2008