At least one of many large, lakelike features on Saturn's moon Titan studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday. ...more

August 1, 2008

Efforts to place on the 2008 ballot a property tax to help the county conserve environmentally sensitive lands appeared to be dead late Wednesday afternoon after its backers conceded to a county advisory commission that the worsening economy would dampen its support. ...more

August 1, 2008

Fritz and J.R. the miniature schnauzers are born barkers. But one day this past May, Karen Bond could tell something about these barks meant something was wrong in the side yard, the dogs' domain. ...more

July 9, 2008

Health officials hope a Spring Hill woman's painful round of rabies vaccinations will serve as a cautionary tale. ...more

July 9, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Summer is when rivalries are born in the pool. For 12-year old Emily Helterhoff of the Highlands Hurricanes and 11-year old Maggie Brumfield of the Hardee Swim Team, Saturday's Lake Placid Aquatic Invitational gave everyone a glimpse of the future of girls swimming in the Heartland. Helterhoff and Brumfield competed in six events in the girls 11-12 category during the event at the Green Dragon pool, with the Hurricane swimmer getting the best of the Wildcat in five events –– with just two weeks of work before the event. "Emily has been just short of amazing," said Hurricanes coach Marvin Wolfe. "She showed a lot of promise last season, which was her first with the Hurricanes, and is picking up right where she left off." ...more

June 22, 2008

SEBRING — In order to avoid a physical confrontation with a burglary suspect with blood on his hands, a sheriff's deputy Tasered him after he repeatedly told the suspect to get on the ground, but instead continued to walk toward him. ...more

May 29, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

The morning commute may get a little easier for motorists trying to get on Interstate 75 from Big Bend Road as construction crews prepare to install a traffic signal on the east side of the interstate overpass. ...more

February 23, 2008

AVON PARK — Renovations to South Florida Community College's Lake Placid Center and University Auditorium are in the works. The SFCC Board of Trustees approved an architecture firm and construction management company at Wednesday's meeting. College officials will now begin negotiating contracts with Chastain-Skillman and Mathews Construction. ...more

February 21, 2008

The morning commute may get a little easier for motorists trying to get on Interstate 75 from Big Bend Road, as construction crews prepare to install a new traffic signal on the east side of the interstate overpass. ...more

February 18, 2008