The American Legion Women's Auxiliary Unit 69 of Avon Park is looking for two high school junior girls to participate in this year's Girls State in Tallahassee. ...more

November 20, 2009

South Florida Community College pitcher Adam Simmons has committed to Florida State University and will join the Seminole pitching staff in the fall of 2010. ...more

November 12, 2009

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. ...more

November 9, 2009

Stacy Frank has filed to run for the District 57 state House seat held by term-limited Republican Faye Culp. ...more

November 6, 2009

Only one in a hundred offshore drilling leases may produce oil, and there's no guarantee that near-shore drilling will bring big bucks to Florida. ...more

November 3, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court revised standard jury instructions for death penalty cases Thursday in ways the justices hope will reduce widespread confusion among jurors disclosed by an American Bar Association survey. ...more

October 31, 2009

Aug. 21 was a mess for the oil industry. That was the day an oil platform off the northern coast of Australia began leaking 300 to 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea. Reports are that the leak continues, fouling thousands of miles of ocean and threatening marine life. ...more

October 30, 2009

Robin Morton took a Florida State University angel home. "They're just so cute - and they are happy," said the shopper at Arts & Crafts Under the Palms. ...more

October 28, 2009

Not so funny It used to be unprofessional to carry the water of the government, but now we see our First Amendment caretakers in print and television standing in line to unashamedly volunteer to do so. ...more

October 28, 2009

She was born in the Florida Everglades in 1896 to the children of two "unconquered" Seminoles. At 85, she led 17 family members from Bradenton to a new Seminole reservation in Tampa. ...more

October 26, 2009