Requests for proposals have come back on new playground equipment for Mary Toney Park, and Sebring Public Works Director Rob Miller said Friday that he is ready to recommend his choice to the city council. ...more

November 2, 2009

Regulators have shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Oklahoma, boosting to 68 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults. ...more

July 31, 2009

A man who authorities say was found dead while swimming with his family in Jupiter had been celebrating his wedding just days before. ...more

July 19, 2009

A Lake Placid man remained in jail Monday in lieu of a $105,500 bond after being arrested Friday for first-degree attempted felony murder. ...more

June 16, 2009

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon on Thursday stood by a magazine interview in which he compared former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer and said Boston made the right decision when it traded the slugger to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. ...more

March 13, 2009

Evan Longoria made the bus trip down here Sunday, the third consecutive spring training road game in which he has appeared. He even made the dreaded haul across the state to Jupiter last week. ...more

March 8, 2009

Thursday, Feb. 26 St. Louis vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1:05 p.m. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Tallahassee North Florida Christian defense limited Fort Meade to 217 yards to take a 17-7 victory in the Class 1A state championship game Friday night at the Florida Citrus Bowl. ...more

December 13, 2008

Does it strike anyone else as ironic that so often "going green" requires just the opposite of a gardener? ...more

December 7, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – The Rays will finish their preparations for the 2009 season on the same field that saw their historic 2008 campaign come to a disappointing end last month. ...more

November 14, 2008