Al Higginbotham and the missus purchased a pair of pants, a few shirts and some plumbing supplies one weekend this month. ...more

December 9, 2009

Parents will let the school district know tonight what they think about a plan to move about 2,400 teenagers to different high schools. ...more

January 28, 2009

Football coaches and athletic directors have been aware for some time the Florida High School Athletic Association was planning a district realignment. The verdict finally came in Monday afternoon. ...more

December 26, 2008

After playing a season-high 15 minutes, 10 seconds of ice time Sunday at Carolina, rookie Steven Stamkos figures to log a few more minutes tonight against the Panthers. ...more

November 18, 2008

Chrysler LLC president Jim Press said Friday that the automaker's rejuvenation plan could include jettisoning some dealers and cutting its product lineup by as much as half. ...more

February 9, 2008

The culmination of a months-long process for senior high school football players that included non-stop phone calls and text messages, countless visits to college campuses and constant hounding from members of the media will occur Wednesday when several Tampa Bay area prospects put pen to paper and sign college scholarships. ...more

February 4, 2008

Chancey Design Partnership had plans set for its 20,000-square-foot structure at the prominent corner of Seventh Avenue and 13th Street. ...more

January 12, 2008

SEBRING — Land values have increased significantly since 1993 in Highlands County. But the fee assessed on building permits to fund acquisition of conservation lands has remained the same since it was adopted 14 years ago. As a result, in December, the Highlands County commissioners are expected to consider a request from the county's Natural Resources Advisory Commission to raise the "environmental clearance waiver fee." That fee, assessed on building permits on two acres or less, has never been changed from its original levels of $100 for residential and $250 for commercial. "The resources that that fee were intended to purchase have become vastly more expensive" over the past 14 years, said Reed Bowman, chairman of NRAC's Environmental Fees Committee. ...more

November 13, 2007

Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released today. ...more

October 23, 2007

William Shakespeare once posed the question, 'What's in a name?' Obviously, old Billy wasn't a genealogist. Nothing is more important than the name of the next ancestor we're pursuing. ...more

October 7, 2007