SEBRING – A press release described it as "a moving piece of art – fun, unique and educational." Linda Moore says it is a "luxury motorcoach." Moore, vice president and owner of Travel and Cruise World in Winter Haven, quickly noted something else. "This isn't a bus," she said. Holland America Line's Touring Explorer Coach will be making its first visit to Sebring this week to promote the company's 2008 cruise tours to Alaska and the Yukon. The coach will be in Sebring on Feb. 9 at the Quality Inn, located at 6525 U.S. 27 N. There will be four interactive seminars lasting 30 minutes each. They will run from 10:15 – 10:45 a.m., 11 – 11:30, 12:30 p.m. – 1 and 1:15 p.m. – 1:45. ...more

February 3, 2008

With great pleasure the VFW Ladies Auxiliary of Post 9853 in Avon Park had the honor to present the Voice of Democracy Medals to the following essay winners. ...more

December 19, 2007

Dressed in black jean shorts, white T-shirt and matching white sneakers, Jorge Luis Gonzalez invites little attention. ...more

November 15, 2007

SARASOTA - A Lakewood Ranch couple were flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after a crash involving a police patrol car. ...more

November 14, 2007

The owners of Casa Tina's Mexican Restaurant, the eatery that cooks up the city's yearly Cinco de Mayo street festival on Main Street, plans to almost triple the size of their restaurant by the new year. ...more

October 20, 2007

A successful yard sale outing depends more on planning and less on shopping, according to the folks at Fire Finance ( www.firefinance.blogspot .com), a top-rated personal finance blog written by Amalendu Haldar and his wife, Hoimonti Basu, a pair of engineers from Boston. Using maps, power tools, paper towels and ropes, they hunt down yard sale deals for their home. Here are some of their tips: ...more

October 20, 2007

An early morning blaze tore through a double-wide mobile home Wednesday, leaving a family homeless. ...more

October 18, 2007

DADE CITY - A family lost its home to an early morning blaze that tore through a doublewide mobile home today. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - A husband and wife are suspected of burglarizing homes and selling the goods to pawn shops, according to arrest reports. ...more

September 7, 2007

SEBRING — While a dismantled growhouse operation was found in the master bedroom of 4218 Maserati Drive, a fully operational grow operation was located in the garage late Friday afternoon. ...more

September 5, 2007