St. Petersburg Police are looking for a man they say appeared to contemplate rob bing one bank today, then decided against it before going to a second bank and robbing it. ...more

January 7, 2008

A new solar cycle is under way. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the first sunspot of a new 11-year cycle has appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere. ...more

January 5, 2008

On behalf of the residents of Sun 'N Lakes, Lake Placid, we would like to thank the Highlands Little Theatre and its group known as "The Glad Hatters." They came to our club house and their program consisted of great skits, stories and songs brought us all into the "Festive, Christmas mood." This group, when not busy in the theater, are really entertaining. Give them a call and at no charge they will perform for your group. I would be remiss if I failed to thank our Barbara Huff and her hard-working group who prepared the delicious food and did a great job of serving and cleaning up. Another of our hard workers, Barbara Scott did an awesome job putting up a huge Christmas tree and decorating the entire building (including the bathroom.) If all of this didn't lift our spirits and make us happy, well it did! So, once again, a sincere thank you to everyone. We're all so lucky to have such friends. ...more

December 24, 2007

SEBRING — Ruby Handley has held numerous faculty meetings during the past seven and a half years she has served as principal of Fred Wild Elementary School, but Tuesday's after-school meeting was particularly emotional. ...more

December 19, 2007

Folks walking by Lykes Gaslight Square in downtown Tampa on Tuesday got a glimpse of thousands of aluminum cans illuminated by the sun and neatly lined up in the grass. ...more

December 12, 2007

LAKELAND – The Air Force announced they will send the Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron to the 2008 Sun 'n Fun Fly In. The Fly-In runs from April 8 to 13 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. ...more

December 11, 2007

AVON PARK — With a field featuring some of the top women golfers in the area, the Highlands County Women's Amateur tees off on Saturday. The once popular tournament, which was last held in 1989, is a two-day, 36-hole stroke-play event and is being held at Highlands Ridge North. A field of 18 women, which includes Sun 'N Lake club champion Nela Hodge and Highlands Ridge club champion Sheila Chirandidni, tee off at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The field will be flighted after the first round and will play from the gold tees, which measure 5,600 yards with a par of 72. Melissa Doorlag, who works at Highlands Ridge North, will also be competing for the coveted title, and she thinks that a two-day total of 160 will contend for the championship. ...more

December 7, 2007

Tale Of 2 Counties Not long after the problems at the Sarasota YMCA, the privatized "lead agency" for five of the six counties in the Florida Department of Children & Families' Suncoast Region, started getting long-overdue attention - the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform first pointed out this agency was having problems in 2002 - there's been a mystery: ...more

November 23, 2007

TAMPA - When the University of South Florida visits Pittsburgh on Saturday, forecasts call for a high of 40 with a low of 29. And that's not a good thing since the Bulls have never won when the temperature is below 45 at kickoff. ...more

November 22, 2007

Andy Potts said he felt, "out of sorts in the water," and Mirinda Carfrae said she, "froze on the bike and the run," which goes to show some folks aren't as bad off as they sound. ...more

November 10, 2007