SEBRING — There will be no swimming at the city pier until a dredge hole is filled where a drowning took place Saturday, City Manager Bob Hoffman said Thursday. Highlands County Environmental Health Director Frank Kruppa, who grants public bathing permits, has closed swimming at the beach "until further notice," Hoffman said. On Saturday, Bobby Clark, 23, developed a cramp and drowned while swimming over the hole. The beach was cordoned off by police tape on Monday. ...more

June 12, 2008

Lorena Ochoa found a new way to win, grinding it out instead of running away from the field. ...more

May 19, 2008

They'll pack Pimlico Race Course today the way they did two years ago, eagerly waiting to see if Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown can take the next step toward becoming a legend. ...more

May 17, 2008

The end may be in sight for a two-year drought that forced home watering restrictions and left much of the state vulnerable to wildfires. ...more

May 8, 2008

The two-year drought gripping nearly all of Florida has extracted a toll in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the state's agriculture industry and people could begin seeing a pinch in the produce aisle next month. ...more

February 19, 2008

Ocala-based trainer Cathy Roundtree has been running horses at Tampa Bay Downs since 1990. Noticing the large crowds and buzz surrounding the track's 82nd opening day, she turned to her groom and reflected on her early memories of the track. ...more

December 9, 2007

SURFACE: Hard court (indoors) FORMAT: Today - two singles matches; Saturday - doubles; Sunday - reverse singles ...more

November 30, 2007

Long after both football teams cleared the field at the Florida Citrus Bowl and nearly every one of the announced 65,367 fans exited the stadium, the Florida A&M band remained in the northeast corner of the stadium playing. ...more

November 18, 2007

Led by a throwback pitcher who looks as if he stepped out of their 1948 team photo, the Cleveland Indians moved one win from another crack at winning an elusive World Series title. ...more

October 17, 2007

The Nextel Cup championship may well come down to two accomplished drivers who are teammates and friends and so much alike in demeanor that when one looks in the mirror, he's practically staring at the other. ...more

October 17, 2007