The hills are alive ... with the sound of protest. Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the movie "The Sound of Music" have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves. ...more

May 20, 2008

WellCare Health Plans' top three executives have resigned, three months after the company's Tampa headquarters was raided by federal agents. ...more

January 25, 2008

SEBRING — When Kathy Rimer walks into most gymnastics centers for a competitive meet, the owner of Sebring's Get A Grip gym is often taken aback by the glare of polished accomplishment. "We'll go to these gyms, and they'll have these trophies lined up, sometimes two- or three-deep," she said. "We've won individual trophies in the past, but none we could display. "Now, we have four." Get A Grip's Highlands Aerials team earned its first-ever team trophies at the C. Gene Stowe Scholarship Meet last weekend, giving the gym its first hardware since opening in Sept. 2006. "We entered four teams and won four trophies," Rimer said, who noted her team had competed in five meets before taking team prizes. "And they look wonderful." Shannon Gibbs and Amaia Unanue pushed the Aerials to a first-place finish in Level 6, as Gibbs took first-place honors in the vault and floor and Unanue finished second in the bars and beam. ...more

November 23, 2007

Werner von Trapp, a member of the acclaimed musical family made even more famous by the 1965 movie 'The Sound of Music,' has died, his family said. He was 91. ...more

October 14, 2007