SEBRING Officials at Sun 'n Lake of Sebring have decided to establish an official brand and Web site tailored solely to the community. ...more

December 1, 2009

Researchers working to determine whether high-tech irrigation controllers can help conserve water and save consumers money recently installed the gizmos in Riverview, Valrico and Apollo Beach - areas they identified as having the highest water usage rates in the county. ...more

April 1, 2009

Researchers are working to determine if high-tech irrigation controllers that use satellites in space can save homeowners tons of water. ...more

March 31, 2009

Back in early November, I wrote about a nifty new gadget, the EasyBloom Plant Sensor. Stick the sensor in the ground and it gathers information about light, drainage and other conditions. Then plug it into your computer. The software combines the sensor data with climate and weather information for your ZIP code and pops out lists of plants that should like that spot. ...more

March 20, 2009

It must go back to the afternoons my sisters, brother and I spent poring over Sears and Penney's catalogues, laboring for hours to decide on the One True Toy we wanted. ...more

November 2, 2008

Changes are coming to the morning news programs on ABC affiliate WFTS, Channel 28. ...more

October 10, 2008

This is where science meets human emotion. This is where a man walks into a room as a scientist, and walks out of it as a son. ...more

September 8, 2008

In the flurry of news articles on Tropical Storm Fay, one group has not received deserved attention. As the emergency coordinator for Highlands County Amateur Radio Service (ARES), I would like to publicly commend the volunteer members of ARES for the work they did during the storm. ARES provided communications for the four shelters opened during the storm. We used amateur radio equipment and frequencies to communicate between the EOC and each shelter. Fortunately during this storm the only messages were hourly shelter reports to the EOC. We were there, however, in case emergencies arose. Several ARES members spent up to 24 hours in the shelters and the EOC. We also were prepared to provide emergency communications outside of Highlands County if necessary. ...more

August 23, 2008