Durant High's journey to the state volleyball finals was made even more impressive by the fact that the Cougars had no superstar player. ...more

December 26, 2007

A man was jailed for failing to take his tuberculosis medication after officials said he was a serious health risk. ...more

December 7, 2007

SEBRING — Sandi Laufer hopes to catch the pigs that have been tearing up her yard as soon as possible. "Every morning when I wake up, my yard looks worse," said Laufer. "It's like someone took heavy equipment and plowed through my lawn." Laufer, and several other residents who live along Granada Boulevard in Sun 'n Lake of Sebring, are experiencing lawn damage caused by a sudden influx of wild pigs roaming through their neighborhood. Residents began reporting problems to Sun 'n Lake officials on Monday, and things have become so bad that the district is now offering traps free of charge for three-day periods. "I think it's just (the pigs') migration pattern," said Sam Henderson, Sun 'n Lake's director of public safety. "I think they're just going wherever they can to try to get food and water." ...more

December 1, 2007

Going from being unranked at the beginning of the year to the state finals is something not many could have predicted for the Durant High volleyball team. ...more

November 24, 2007

Though a tight, tense match against Orlando Edgewater was the one that put them into the state volleyball semifinals, the Durant High Cougars had made it in their coach's eyes. ...more

November 17, 2007

Shortly after dawn on Wednesday, workers began removing speed humps from River Road, less than a day after the city council voted to get rid of them. ...more

November 8, 2007

There was no Halloween bogeyman in the closet for one Brooklyn woman - just a 7-foot-long python in her toilet. ...more

October 21, 2007

TAMPA - Reserved assigned seating will be available along the Gasparilla Children's Parade route for the first time. ...more

October 18, 2007