A startling white 36-foot catamaran represents the fusion of Hans Geissler's business sense and humanitarian heart. ...more

January 7, 2008

SEBRING — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection plans to open a Highlands County office early next year. The space at 2812 Kenilworth Blvd., the former Christians in Action Center, has already been leased, said spokesman Elijah Fleishauer. The office will be open in January or February. Seven people, including clerks and specialists, will be hired or moved to Sebring, Fleishauer said. Specialists will work in three DEP areas: waste, water and air. "We're working on hiring right now," Fleishauer said. Some positions have already been filled. To fund the Sebring office, the Fort Myers district saved more than 4 percent of its budget last year, and didn't fill positions in that office. ...more

December 10, 2007

For art, they could have gone to the British Museum. For something grand, Big Ben and Buckingham Palace were a train ride away. ...more

October 29, 2007

Zach Bonner is planning a special 10th birthday, but he won't be munching cake and ice cream or ripping into presents. ...more

October 18, 2007

VALRICO - Zach Bonner is planning a special 10th birthday, but he won't be munching cake and ice cream or ripping into presents. ...more

October 17, 2007

Sheriff Bob White became smitten with the idea of riding a motorcycle when he was a teenager delivering an Atlanta newspaper. ...more

October 15, 2007

He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodile in Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt and survived illness and periods of despair. ...more

October 7, 2007

The parents of a missing girl started their day draped in television microphones, pleading with a man they had never met to free their daughter and with a public they couldn't see to help find her. ...more

October 3, 2007

BARTOW - The parents of a missing girl started their day draped in television microphones, pleading with a man they had never met to free their daughter and with a public they couldn't see to help find her. ...more

October 2, 2007