ORLANDO - About 1,000 young people turned out today at Disney's Wide World of Sport's Champion Stadium to audition for an ABC reality show based on "High School Musical." ...more

May 7, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County's most decorated war hero received another post-mortem honor this week. On the Island of Negros in the Philippines, a large memorial marker was set on the crash site where the late Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. died in battle. McGuire, a Highlands County native who won the Congressional Medal of Honor as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II, died at that spot 63 years ago while on a mission that turned into a desperate dog fight. ...more

January 17, 2008

Look for Tampa native Dreama Walker on tonight's "Gossip Girl" on The CW. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hudson High School is throwing an invitation-only party to mark its 35th anniversary next month. ...more

January 6, 2008

Drew Danielo has been the reigning world wakesurfing champion for three years, earning him a decent salary and amazing perks. ...more

December 29, 2007

Members of the Florida National Guard unit stationed in Brooksville say they will savor time spent at home this holiday week. This time next year, they'll likely be in Iraq. ...more

December 25, 2007

A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy has died of a gunshot wound that authorities think was self-inflicted. ...more

November 30, 2007

SEBRING — All you had to do on Thanksgiving Eve was head down U.S. 27 and pass by local bars to see that it's one of the busiest nights of the year for partygoers. Recent statistics provided by restaurant and bar associations say that most drinking establishments can expect a 25 to 50 percent increase over a typical Wednesday night. At Duffers Sports Grille, 6940 U.S. 27, vehicles were parked on the side of the highway and parking attendants were brought in to guide drivers. "It's the biggest night of the year we have," said Duffers manager Dianne Rose. "Our workers probably won't get home until 5 a.m." ...more

November 24, 2007

Editor's note: Dan Walter, a former Hillsborough resident now living in Colorado, recently forwarded an e-mail his son sent from Iraq and suggested it might make an appropriate Veterans Day article. Cory Walter, a 21-year-old Bloomingdale High School graduate who earned a Bronze Star for this action, conveys the courage, sacrifice and self-reliance required of our military, whose service should be remembered and honored - and not just on Veterans Day. ...more

November 11, 2007

PLANT CITY The widow of Army Sgt. Cory Clark broke down in tears this morning as flags were lowered to half staff in honor of her husband, who was killed Aug. 28 by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. In a brief ceremony outside city hall, Mayor Rick Lott presented Monica Clark with a proclamation signed by Gov. Charlie Crist and called on the community to "wrap their arms around this family" in their time of grief. ...more

October 17, 2007