CHARGERS ...21 GIANTS ...20 Philip Rivers capped an 80-yard drive with an 18-yard pass to Vincent Jackson with 21 seconds to play and San Diego handed New York its fourth straight loss. Rivers was 24 of 36 for 209 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Jackson, in helping the Chargers win their third straight. The Giants are 5-4 heading into a bye week and not looking very much like a playoff team. In the first meeting between Rivers and Giants quarterback Eli Manning since they were dealt for each other on draft day 2004, Terrell Thomas intercepted Rivers' pass late in the fourth quarter and returned it 33 yards to the San Diego 4. A holding penalty on first down pushed New York back 10 yards, and it had to settle for a short field goal and a six-point lead that Rivers and Jackson erased. Rivers hit Kris Wilson on a 2-yarder in the third to give San Diego a 14-7 lead in a game in which the Giants defense rebounded from miserable efforts the previous three weeks. ...more

November 9, 2009

Country singer and writer Willie Nelson pens his first novel, an exciting western called '"A Tale Out of Luck." A young orphan boy nicknamed Skeeter is taken in by rancher Hank Tomlinson who raises him with his son Jay Blue. Skeeter, who is half-Mexican, has always longed to know more about his family, what their names were and who was his birth father. He and Jay have always been close, but sometimes Jay taunts Skeeter about not having a real Dad. They work on Jay's father's ranch and sometimes get to go into the little town of Luck for a drink and some flirting. A small band of Indians are camping near the ranch to hunt for food. A series of misunderstandings fueled by some vindictive whites almost wipes out the peaceful Indians. The survivors decide to lavish a full scale attack with their tribe to wipe out the two closest ranches. Hank's past has come to haunt him, but in spite of the turmoil, his story is finally verified and enemies unite to face this new threat to their homes and lives. ...more

March 18, 2009

There may have been a slight shift in power among Highlands County's high school softball programs on display Tuesday, and in all honesty, Ashley Paeplow felt a bit guilty about it. ...more

February 19, 2009

Greg Smith was 5-for-5 with five runs scored and Jerry Neufang slammed two home runs on Monday night to lead the South Florida Community College baseball team to a 16-2 victory over Webber International University's B-team. ...more

February 18, 2009

In only its third year of competition, Wiregrass Ranch was making its first appearance in a region golf tournament. ...more

October 21, 2008

It may have only been a preseason tournament, but the Sebring girls volleyball team put the rest of the Heartland on notice: They'll be a force to be reckoned with this season. ...more

August 30, 2008

Joshua Rosa se declaró inocente incluso después de que el juez sentenciara a este ex joven pastor de una iglesia a cadena perpetua por el estrangulamiento de un vecino de 13 años. ...more

July 22, 2008

With the wails of the defendant's father audible from outside the packed courtroom this morning, a circuit judge sentenced a former youth minister at a Pentecostal church to life in prison without possibility of parole for murdering a 13-year-old. ...more

July 21, 2008

It didn't take long for Nick Valentine to notice the despair after moving in to this community. ...more

July 19, 2008

Prosecutors called their final witnesses Thursday - several experts who testified about DNA links and bloodstain patterns - then rested its murder case against youth minister Joshua Rosa. ...more

July 18, 2008