Local organizer Arnold Wilson has collected 250 turkeys for Thanksgiving baskets but is short on the side dishes. ...more

November 23, 2009

I would like to thank the Heartland Association of Realtors for producing the Relay for Life Cancer Survivor Fashion Show. As this is the first year I volunteered as a model, I was amazed at the number of people and the amount of preparation that went into this event. I also want to thank the hairstylists, lighting-sound-stage crew, Dillards, the Dress Barn, Chateau Elan Four Points and the guests at the event for their participation. Highlands County certainly is not lacking in public support when it comes to making an event successful. ...more

March 14, 2009

PLANT CITY Visitors to the Florida Strawberry Festival will notice that the main stage has a new name. GTE Federal Credit Union is the title sponsor for the stage. Previous sponsors have included Southern Chevrolet dealers and Chrysler. ...more

February 20, 2009

Pleasure Island, the lounge-heavy party zone of Walt Disney World that caters to young and restless clubbers, is shuttering its saloon doors this weekend. Disney officials say the place is being "reimagined." ...more

September 26, 2008

CALIFORNIA - A fire at Universal Studios has destroyed a set from "Back to the Future," the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels. ...more

June 1, 2008

Eight months ago, James Gandolfini drove his white SUV out of the parking lot of Satriale's for the last time, as HBO wrapped up the final season of "The Sopranos." ...more

November 12, 2007