A 66-year-old man was charged Friday with soliciting sex with children via the Internet - with a law enforcement official posing as a parent. ...more

August 2, 2008

In between belting out notes and practicing steps at rehearsals, the giggles slipped out. ...more

July 29, 2008

The Community Aging and Retirement Services, Inc. (CARES) has a program for individuals who are experiencing early memory losses and need a proactive day program to provide social support and memory retraining skills. ...more

July 24, 2008

Ken Baker, head trainer at Tim Gardner's Body*Tech Fitness Emporium, says most of his clients want to squeeze every moment of exercise into their sessions. That's why Baker, 31, introduced "active rest" small cardio workouts to his traditional weight lifting sets. ...more

July 12, 2008

During Ahsandi Gibbs' training sessions prior to his bout Friday against Ben Aragon, he experienced a eureka moment. ...more

June 28, 2008

A 26-year-old man was charged Wednesday with stealing $800 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from a supermarket last month. ...more

June 27, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County teachers are learning a new way to teach reading. About 325 teachers are picking up new strategies at Hill-Gustat Middle School this week. The Florida Reading Initiative is "providing us not just philosophy and theory, but taking us through the steps of actually instructing quality reading," said District Director of Elementary Programs Joyce McClelland. "It's incredible; I cannot wait to implement everything that we've learned in my classroom," Park Elementary fourth-grade teacher Scott King said. ...more

June 17, 2008

Al Lopez Park is getting new equipment to replace old, tattered items at one of its two playgrounds. ...more

June 14, 2008

DENNIS WILSON: PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE (1977) The middle Wilson boy's solo album returns to print in this elaborate two-disc edition. More famous as the Beach Boys' only surfer than for his musical ability, Wilson surprised many with the beauty and power of this disc. Sadly, the addictions that would kill him six years later also prevented the completion of a planned follow-up, but the second disc culls tracks from those sessions for a look at what might have been. ...more

June 12, 2008

The Florida National Scenic Trail is 1,400 miles long. It extends from Miami to the Panhandle. ...more

February 23, 2008