A Land O'Lakes man has been charged with making seven false 911 calls, according to a police report. ...more

January 11, 2008

AVON PARK — Sheriff's deputies continued to search for answers Tuesday in the shooting death of a Sebring man near the intersection of Garrett Road and Alabama Road in Lacey Hills on Monday. ...more

January 8, 2008

SEBRING — In 2008, one of Highlands County's 13 volunteer fire departments will become the first to merge with the county's Emergency Medical Service. Steve Plunkett Coltharp, the acting EMS director, thinks picking the Lake Placid Volunteer Department is both the cheapest and best way to go. "This is a first step," said Coltharp, a 22-year EMS veteran. Whether Lake Placid or one of the 12 other volunteer fire departments is chosen, one fire department will be the first with full-time, certified paramedics serving on its fire trucks at all times. ...more

December 28, 2007

What will Pete Warhurst do next? His friends keep asking. Investors want to know. Pretty much anyone else he meets lately wonders about it. ...more

December 20, 2007

Despite the objections of many North Oaks residents, addresses in their 296-unit condominium community will be changed early next year by Hillsborough County. ...more

December 5, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - A teenager was critically injured Tuesday when his pickup slammed into a 7-Eleven sign near Lockwood Ridge and DeSoto roads. ...more

November 28, 2007

Danny Jacobs told police he wasn't racing, but later he was overheard confiding to a pastor that he was driving 113 mph or 130 mph before the car he was competing against crashed. ...more

November 28, 2007

CLEARWATER Danny Jacobs told police he wasn't racing, but later he was overheard confiding to a pastor that he was driving 113 mph or 130 mph before the car he was competing against crashed. ...more

November 27, 2007

A single white sign in the front yard Monday of 1610 Falcon Ave., in Sebring Country Estates, designated the somewhat secluded house as a crime scene. ...more

November 26, 2007

TAMPA – A damaged ammonia pipeleine has been capped but the leak continues and there has been no drop in pressure to allow for repair of the pipe according to the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center. ...more

November 13, 2007