When Debra Schriber wants to buy Christmas toys for her two grandchildren, she makes the one-hour drive from Okeechobee to the Kmart store in Lakeshore Mall, selects what she wants and puts them on layaway with the store. ...more

November 20, 2009

Kid Rock is helping an Ohio pizza delivery driver critically injured during a robbery. ...more

August 7, 2009

Katina Kramer grew up in Avon Park and attended Avon Park Middle School where she returns today to meet the staff in preparation for taking over as principal next school year. ...more

March 17, 2009

The mournful sounds of bagpipes and drums will fill the air at Zephyr Park this weekend as the ninth annual Zephyrhills Celtic Festival and Highland Games get under way. ...more

March 4, 2009

Gerald Graup has always been handy with tools. When he wasn't making a living from it, he spent his spare time making things, like the wooden model of a Mississippi riverboat he displays in a case in his living room on top of a cabinet he built himself. ...more

December 6, 2008

Look Who's Kickin' is celebrating its new location with an open house designed to introduce pregnant women and new mommies to businesses that cater to their needs. ...more

December 3, 2008

Tyler Greathouse won the boys individual title in leading Berkeley Prep to the boys team title Saturday at the Class 1A-Region 3 cross country meet at Polk Community College. ...more

November 16, 2008

It was the weekly meeting of the Brandon '86 Rotary, which meets at some ungodly hour around sunrise in Buckhorn Springs. Maybe there's something in the water out there, but everyone seemed awfully chipper. ...more

August 25, 2008

Recently we had a few incidents at our condominium where it appears a board member was entering units using the association keys to do favors such as delivering packages or checking on suspicious noises. The board member did not first ask the unit owner's permission to enter. ...more

July 17, 2008

Local farmers have a new place to showcase their produce. Three Saturdays ago, downtown Brooksville hosted its first Farmers Market, which has become a weekly event for downtown. ...more

July 6, 2008