SEBRING — As the economy is tanking, more people seem to want to ride a tank… at least with the Army National Guard. A local recruiter for the Army National Guard estimated Tuesday that he has seen a 10-percent increase in the number of people calling or coming to his office to sign up. He believed the economy was a factor in the increase, even though he also credited a more "aggressive marketing technique" over the Internet for the added interest. ...more

July 4, 2008

FORT MYERS - A southwest Florida man faces federal charges after authorities accused him of illegally importing more than 28,000 Cuban cigars. ...more

May 25, 2008

SEBRING — It's just a refrigerated trailer, but for one Desoto City civic group, it's a brand spanking-new humanitarian effort they're trying out in Florida. The Fraternal Order of Eagles' Disaster Relief Trailer, parked in front of the club's hall, already has several pallets full of emergency ration bars and water. Joe Waters of the Eagles in Sebring said this was one of two stationed in Florida, with the other one in the Ocala area. The trailer would go wherever the county's Emergency Operations Center tells them to go. "If they were in need of it ... we would take it anywhere they want," Waters said. ...more

May 19, 2008

ESTACION DE GREYHOUND. Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza verifican a menudo los documentos de los pasajeros ...more

May 5, 2008

The month-long Grapefruit League season gets underway this week, and with it comes long, lazy afternoon getaways to a ballpark near you. ...more

February 25, 2008

When the first pitch is thrown Saturday at Progress Energy Park for the Blue Jays-Rays game, it will mark the beginning of the end of an era. ...more

February 24, 2008

East Pasco Adventist Academy this weekend will stage "Annie, jr.," part of the "Broadway Junior Collection" of musicals tailored to more tender voices and young actors' sensibilities. ...more

February 22, 2008

A lawyer for three new Florida homeowners has filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the portability portion of the Save Our Homes Amendment. ...more

February 14, 2008

Since the 1800s, when Cornish immigrants introduced the dish to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the pasty has become a staple of culinary cuisine in that part of the country. ...more

February 9, 2008

Moving to appease residents who want the site of Al Lang Field preserved as parkland, the city council decided Thursday to seek community input on the fate of the 10-acre waterfront site if it does not become the new home of the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

February 8, 2008