In the trek from Buffalo, N.Y, to the Florida Keys, Tampa is the next stop for a solar powered car that only uses the gentle rays of the sun to keep going. ...more

May 12, 2009

A Plant City man was drunk Saturday afternoon when his car was involved in a wreck that left another driver with serious injuries, according to the Plant City Police Department. ...more

March 14, 2009

SEBRING — Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail on Tuesday in lieu of $136,500 bond each, after deputies raided their home at 6302 Apple Road. Hansel Cruz Vasallo, 22, and Danilo Marcelo Vasallo-Luis, 55, were charged with marijuana production, trafficking in marijuana in excess of 25 pounds and possession of narcotics equipment. The two men were inside when deputies entered the house. ...more

June 3, 2008

A huge government seizure of illegally cut Amazon lumber shows improved enforcement, environmentalists said Thursday, but they said it would not yet stop destruction of the rain forest. ...more

February 15, 2008