The high school football playoffs start tonight, and, alas, the three Highlands County teams are making other plans. In the end, Sebring couldn't win The Big Game(s), Lake Placid coalesced too late and Avon Park, playing out an athletic director's ultimate nightmare, faced four top-10 teams in five weeks. ...more

November 20, 2009

Careless down the stretch, the Sebring boys basketball team squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead during a 58-55 loss to Clewiston in the Bill Jarrett Tip-Off opener on Tuesday night. ...more

November 19, 2009

With a few new wrinkles and the same ol' Bubba, the Sebring Blue Streaks reasserted their regional supremacy Friday night in one of the state's richest rivalries. ...more

November 15, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office determined that several undercover investigators acted improperly by playing a Wii video bowling game during a drug bust at a home near Lakeland in March. ...more

November 11, 2009

Q. Polk County School District is giving the vaccine starting with the middle schools. I was told that they are the "most" at risk but everything I'm reading would point more to the elementary school age children. Do you have anything that supports the middle school age children being more at risk? - Kim, Winter Haven ...more

November 10, 2009

PREPS Monday's Results BOYS SOCCER WIREGRASS RANCH 7, ZEPHRYHILLS 0 Zephyrhills ...more

November 10, 2009

The Tampa-St. Petersburg area ranks second to Orlando as the most dangerous U.S. metropolitan area for pedestrians in a report released this morning by two non-profit coalitions that advocate for transportation issues. ...more

November 9, 2009

We are a maintenance-free adult homeowner community. After two years, the developer said the association homeowners are responsible for the irrigation system. The documents say the association is responsible for maintenance. What does "maintenance-free" mean? ...more

November 8, 2009

Dusty Franz will spend the next two weeks speeding down the shoulders and sidewalks of central Florida's roadways at five miles an hour. ...more

November 7, 2009

Bishop McLaughlin at Winter Haven All Saints' for h.s. scores ...more

November 6, 2009