The commander of Hernando Beach VFW Post 9236 was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash. ...more

March 13, 2009

Two science teachers who have spent the past five years under NASA's tutelage are about to graduate with high-flying honors. ...more

March 9, 2009

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January 29, 2009

A detention deputy found a 5-inch shank in the jail cell today of Kendrick Morris, who was charged in April with the beating and rape of a high school student at the Bloomingdale library. "We believe the weapon came from plastic broken off a food tray," Col. Jim Previtera said. ...more

December 30, 2008

The Cory Lake Isles Community Development District board has awarded its landscaping contract to a company not owned by developer Gene Thomason for the first time. ...more

September 19, 2008

Crews will close Seventh Avenue between 19th and 20th streets until late Wednesday to for maintenance work on water lines. ...more

August 24, 2008

A few years ago, when Harbour Island Inc. and assorted builders gradually turned over most of the community to its residents to govern, one thing was certain. ...more

June 25, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County Lakes Manager Clell Ford said he hopes to begin dredging and cleaning up several residential canals feeding into Lake Istokpoga by November. The county already did some testing on 17 residential canals, including some of the canals located in Mossy Cove, Palms Estates and near the Istokpoga Marina. Ford said he also needed to choose a dump site for an estimated 25,000 cubic feet of sand and muck that would be taken out of the canals. The state budget has $800,000 slated for the maintenance work, and he said he'll try to get some of the needed permits for the projects next month if the county commissioners approve the project in today's meeting. ...more

May 20, 2008

An accidental explosion and fire on a natural gas pipeline in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday killed 28 people and left 12 missing, Saudi officials said. ...more

November 19, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 27, 2007