HYDE PARK - The sounds of children splashing in the fountain at Kate Jackson Community Center will be silenced as the city performs maintenance on the lion-ensconced play area. The closure began Monday and is expected to continue through June 15. ...more

May 6, 2008

It's cold outside today, isn't it? Yes! It's frigid! ...more

February 14, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

February 4, 2008

At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. ...more

February 3, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. ...more

January 26, 2008

A severe cold front after New Year's Day dropped water temperature about 12 degrees overnight and killed some fish in the Little Manatee River. ...more

January 16, 2008

You returned the crystal candy bowl from your mother-in-law, put the sweater from Aunt Ethel on eBay and now you need to keep the blues at bay by dreaming about your next vacation. ...more

January 13, 2008

A reader relayed a terrifying experience they had in the past week with the accidental poisoning of their pet. It is easy to overlook deadly items that are not dangerous to humans, but fatal to our pets. ...more

January 13, 2008

SEBRING — Last week's cold snap aside, Highlands County's temperatures were anything but winter-like since December. In fact, as we go through at least another three days of highs reaching 80 degrees, records from the National Weather Service indicated that Avon Park had the sixth warmest December since 1893. The average temperature in the City of Charm last month was 68.4 degrees, 5.8 degrees above the December average of 62.6. The mercury at the Archbold Biological Station south of Lake Placid did not stay as high up from the average mark, but still was 4.7 degrees higher at 67.1, above the station's 62.4 average. For Archbold, this is the fourth highest average since 1969. The NWS holds no data for Sebring. ...more

January 12, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

January 10, 2008