Hernando County sheriff's deputies are combating more than crime this weekend by collecting food and toys for families this holiday season. ...more

November 13, 2009

The Florida Senate says it is all right that 14-year-olds can operate high-powered watercraft. ...more

April 24, 2009

Whether he's a DIY bedazzler or a Barcalounger base coach, your dad deserves something cool and cutting-edge for Father's Day. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — The Memorial Day weekend will also be the time when more Heartlanders start heading out to the lakes with their boats, fishing poles, jet skis and swimming trunks. It's also the time the Highlands County Sheriff's Office would set up their boat patrols, but the lakes are so low, they can only do it in Lake June, Capt. Paul Blackman said. So as they are limited to shore patrols for the other popular boating lakes in the county until the water levels come back up, he's asking boaters to take safety precautions before they run their motors. ...more

May 24, 2008

The portable storage unit company PODS could be bought soon by a Bahrain-based investment company called Arcapita, according to PODS officials. ...more

December 6, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Americans play more sports and are polite and friendly, or so believe 12 Russian snowbirds visiting Highlands County. A dozen Russian 10th-graders from St. Petersburg are returning the favor after a group of Lake Placid students visited Russia 10 weeks ago. Student Dima Bofodin likes the "nearly perfect" Florida climate, compared with nine colder months a year at home. "The local people play more sports, (especially) with wakeboards and jet skis," Bofodin observed. "And the school's compete against other schools in sports." He also gave a thumbs up to American manners. ...more

October 30, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Billy Nobles (left, with Reel Animals partner Mike Anderson). ...more

September 14, 2007