BACKSTORY: The Eagles are in the NFC Championship Game for the sixth time and fifth since the 2001 season. They made four straight appearances (2001-04 seasons), losing three in a row, before beating Atlanta on Jan. 23, 2005, to reach Super Bowl XXXIX. This is their fifth conference title game under Coach Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb has been the starting quarterback for all but a Jan. 11, 1981, appearance, when Ron Jaworski guided the Eagles into Super Bowl XV. ...more

January 12, 2009

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December 31, 2008

A few years ago, only a dozen people attended the dwindling United Methodist church in Ridge Manor. ...more

December 13, 2008

Life dealt Samuel Stockdale a rough hand. His biological parents were addicted to drugs and alcohol, forcing him into foster care at a young age. The Stockdale family adopted him when he was 9, but abandoned him when his behavioral problems continued. ...more

September 25, 2008

AVON PARK — Quintin Jerome Kinder, expected to be the key witness in the trial of Joshua Altersberger, 20, has been set free by Georgia law enforcement authorities, even though Highlands County officials had requested he be held until they could bring him back here. Kinder, 22, who lived last year at 1800 Melady Ave., Sebring, was a passenger in January 2007 when Altersberger's car was stopped by Trooper Nick Sottile. Police allege Altersberger shot the Highway Patrol sergeant, who died at the scene between Lake Placid and Sebring. Kinder ran into an orange grove, so he was charged with misdemeanor trespassing into a posted horticultural property. He was returned to his native state of Georgia to face a violation of probation charge. ...more

May 23, 2008