For the first time since the Great Depression, General Motors cannot call itself the world's largest automaker. Its sales fell behind Toyota in 2008, a year when GM celebrated its 100th anniversary and narrowly avoided a bankruptcy filing amid a significant downturn in the economy. ...more

January 22, 2009

A former Dowdell Middle School teacher was sentenced Thursday to six months probation for assaulting two students, slamming one of the students' hands in a door. ...more

January 9, 2009

A former Dowdell Middle School teacher was sentenced this morning to six months probation for assaulting two students, slamming one of the students' hands in a door. ...more

January 8, 2009

Gasoline prices, inflation and a stock market plunge led more Highlands County residents than usual to reach out and seek help. ...more

December 7, 2008

Name of Business: Recovery Centers of America Inc. Address of Business: 110 Medical Center Ave., Sebring ...more

November 9, 2008

They call them near-Earth objects, but they have another name: doomsday rocks. ...more

December 24, 2007

PALMETTO - A woman authorities say is a prostitute is accused of knowingly and recklessly exposing at least 20 men to the virus that causes AIDS, potentially exposing an untold number of people. ...more

October 10, 2007

Police arrested Jude Law after he allegedly attacked a photographer outside his London home. The actor, however, denied the allegations Wednesday. ...more

September 6, 2007