David Reutimann's hot start in the 2009 NASCAR season has gone to his head. The Zephyrhills' native has starting calling himself "The Franchise" around Michael Waltrip Racing. ...more

March 27, 2009

All the fuss is starting to bug Joe Paterno. Still recovering from hip surgery, the 82-year-old Penn State coach plans to run his team from the press box today when the No. 6 Nittany Lions face No. 5 Southern California in the 95th Rose Bowl. ...more

January 1, 2009

The holiday travel plans for Lightning G Karri Ramo were disrupted twice this week, having to scuttle plans to meet friends in Las Vegas after getting called up to Tampa Bay when G Olie Kolzig came down with an undisclosed upper-body injury. ...more

December 24, 2008

A three-alarm fire at a Safety Harbor condominium complex Tuesday night has displaced at least eight residents and damaged four units, authorities say. ...more

December 16, 2008

<7:05 p.m. Disappointed voters seeking freebies can be spotted wandering the University Mall. It seems the Ben and Jerry's ice cream shop at the mall closed five weeks ago leaving area voters without their free scoop of ice cream for voting. The woman at the mall information desk said she's been questioned all evening about the location of the ice cream shop. ...more

November 4, 2008

Dear Readers, Awhile back, Mr. HandyPerson mentioned that he had moved in early 2007 from his previous home in San Francisco and "merged" households nearby with his good friend Hannah. He promised that he would write about the move eventually. Alas, that day has arrived. ...more

August 21, 2008

The Fairmount Cinemas theaters were back up and running Wednesday after they were evacuated at about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday when smoke was detected coming from a ladies room on the south end of the building. ...more

July 31, 2008

The Fairmount Cinemas theaters were evacuated at about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday after smoke was detected coming from a ladies room. An employee of the theater told Highlands Today that the smoke was coming from faulty wiring inside the ladies room. There were no visible flames, the employee said. ...more

July 29, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring woman and her family were safe Tuesday after getting away from her husband, who reportedly beat the woman and threatened to shoot them all if they tried to leave their home. Jesus Vasquez Grimaldo, 44, of Sebring, also known as Jesus Vasquez, Jose Grimaldo and Jose Grimaldo Vasquez, was booked Monday on charges of two counts of kidnap-false imprisonment adult victim, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, kidnap-false imprisonment of a child with aggravated abuse, three counts of cruelty toward a child with infliction of physical or mental injury and one count of battery. ...more

June 3, 2008

A man accused of killing his 10-month-old son told a jury Wednesday that he referred to the boy using a curse word, pretended to hit him with a belt and said that he never liked the baby, just to get a rise out of his sister and friends. ...more

May 8, 2008