The Sebring Elks Lodge 1529 would like to thank the following for their help with the veterans Christmas dinner: Spring Lake Methodist Church, St. Catherine Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, Atonement Lutheran Church, Sebring Diner, Lakeview Restaurant, Dee's Place, Sandy's Circle Café, Village Inn, Clock Restaurant, Homer's Buffet, Dot's Restaurant, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Highlands Regional Medical Center, VFW 4300, Elks Lodge 1529, Dollar Tree, Tanglewood Knitting Club, Knights Wooden Ornaments, Habitat for Humanity, Highlands Independent Bank, Beall's, Rack Room, Sears, Payless, Kmart, Diane Ostler, Joe Wortman, Diane Woodard, Char Flamme, and the Motorcycle Vets. Donna Klemm Sebring Elks 1529 Sebring ...more

December 31, 2008

U.S. retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers starting next month as holiday sales are shaping up to be the worst in 40 years. ...more

December 30, 2008

As expected, shoppers packed the stores Friday cashing in their gift cards or swapping items they didn't need for something they wanted. ...more

December 27, 2008

With only one more shopping day until Christmas, retailers are rolling out last-minute sales to salvage the 2008 holiday season. ...more

December 24, 2008

The Bucs are 31st in the league in redzone touchdowns, which is worse than Oakland and Cleveland. ...more

December 21, 2008

A quarter-century ago, Adam Walsh's accused killer accompanied police to a bus bench outside a Sears where he claimed to have snatched the 6-year-old boy. Then, Ottis Toole went with authorities to a turnpike where he said Adam cried for his mother. Later, they stopped at a bridge where Toole said he hacked off the boy's head. ...more

December 20, 2008

Sickles High School culinary students know their gingerbread. They used to compete in gingerbread-decorating contests, and this fall they built haunted houses from the cake to display around their school. ...more

December 10, 2008

Sickles High School culinary students know their gingerbread. They used to compete in gingerbread-decorating contests, and this fall they built haunted houses from the cake to display around their school. ...more

December 10, 2008

Despite the dour predictions by economic forecasters, Black Friday wasn't doom and gloom for businesses this holiday season. ...more

December 10, 2008

Sickles High School students touched up cookie and graham cracker tiles with icing mortar Wednesday as they worked to complete a gingerbread house taller than the teens. ...more

December 4, 2008