Greenline Company owner wants larger tree canopy in Hernando County. ...more

March 23, 2009

How close did Lakeshore Mall and the Lake Jackson post office come to burning down Saturday afternoon? ...more

March 16, 2009

A wildfire endangered buildings where fireworks are stored, then jumped Flare Road and headed north and west across a vacant field toward Lakeshore Mall and the post office on Saturday afternoon. Lakeshore Mall was evacuated, but reopened Saturday night, and expected to be open Sunday. ...more

March 15, 2009

Managers at Publix supermarkets have new troublemakers to chase down besides the usual shoplifters: children running through the store in chicken suits. ...more

March 12, 2009

Supermarket managers at Publix have new troublemakers to chase down besides the usual shoplifters: kids running through the store in chicken suits. Bored or rebellious - and with way too much time on their hands - young people are arming themselves with video cameras and cell phone cameras and creating all sorts of mayhem at stores. Then they post their exploits on the video-sharing Web site YouTube or social networking sites such as MySpace. ...more

March 10, 2009

Highlands County is launching a discount card program to help residents with the rising price of prescription drugs, according to a press release from the county ...more

March 4, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's investigators are looking for a man they say bilked an 89-year-old woman out of $6,800. ...more

March 3, 2009

Two Kmart stores in St. Petersburg will close in May as Kmart's parent company shuts underperforming stores. ...more

February 27, 2009

Retailers reported dismal sales figures for December on Thursday as even Wal-Mart Stores, one of the bright spots in the industry, finally buckled under the pressures of the deteriorating economy. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Sebring Elks Lodge 1529 would like to thank the following for their help with the veterans Christmas dinner: Spring Lake Methodist Church, St. Catherine Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, Atonement Lutheran Church, Sebring Diner, Lakeview Restaurant, Dee's Place, Sandy's Circle Café, Village Inn, Clock Restaurant, Homer's Buffet, Dot's Restaurant, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Highlands Regional Medical Center, VFW 4300, Elks Lodge 1529, Dollar Tree, Tanglewood Knitting Club, Knights Wooden Ornaments, Habitat for Humanity, Highlands Independent Bank, Beall's, Rack Room, Sears, Payless, Kmart, Diane Ostler, Joe Wortman, Diane Woodard, Char Flamme, and the Motorcycle Vets. Donna Klemm Sebring Elks 1529 Sebring ...more

December 31, 2008