Restoration of Beach Park's main entry is scheduled to begin this week, culminating a five-year effort to beautify the arches that date from when the community was platted in 1926. ...more

November 9, 2009

The entryway to a prominent South Tampa neighborhood will be refurbished. ...more

November 4, 2009

A Georgia woman claims Sebring resident Rikelle Purcell, who died last week after what authorities describe as a murder-suicide, was set to leave her abusive boyfriend before she was shot to death. ...more

November 3, 2009

The death investigation that began Thursday morning at 4401 Shamrock St., in northwest Sebring, has now been ruled a murder-suicide by the medical examiner's office. ...more

October 30, 2009

Today, Rikelle Purcell is the face of unemployment. Purcell was working at Authorized TV in Blairsville, Ga., but she moved to Sebring, hoping to find a better job. She wound up with more of the same: here, she's an office manager for Appliance Hospital, handling customer telephone calls, scheduling service calls, routing service trucks. ...more

March 9, 2009

2:38 p.m.: Not much was happening over the lunch hour and early afternoon at Apollo Beach Elementary School, home of Precinct 941. ...more

November 4, 2008

Eight shop owners in the Hyde Park Village shopping center have been ordered to move out of their shops within 30 days, and the center's owner says new tenants for the spaces will be announced soon. ...more

September 18, 2008

SPOTO ... 26 BLOOMINGDALE ... 12 THE DIFFERENCE: Spoto quarterback Jamaurice Burgess connected on four of five passes for 78 yards, and the Spartans defense recovered a bad punt snap on the Bulls' 5-yard line with one minute left in the first half to build an insurmountable lead before the break. ...more

September 13, 2008

Spoto at Bloomingdale ...more

September 12, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: The Spoto defense put on an impressive display by shutting out the Wolves for the Spartans' first win of the season under new coach Dale Caparaso. The only score came on a 2-yard run up the gut by Spartans back Jamar Burns at the 8:23 mark of the second quarter. ...more

September 12, 2008