The University of South Florida took control of the troubled Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute this summer, and on Wednesday it announced that 19 of the center's 71 workers have been laid off, most of them administrators. The cuts will save the center $2 million a year, roughly 40 percent in salaries and benefits. ...more

September 25, 2008

is at the heart of a new American Cancer Society awareness campaign at the new Shops at Wiregrass center. ...more

September 13, 2008

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday after the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. ...more

September 5, 2008

Labor Day held special meaning for 20 families who now can do their jobs in a way they never could before. ...more

September 2, 2008

Labor Day held special meaning for 20 families who now can do their jobs in a way they never could before. ...more

September 1, 2008

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday he will tap his huge political network of donors and volunteers to help U.S. victims of Hurricane Gustav after it comes inland. ...more

August 31, 2008

The Sebring branch of Florida's Blood Centers will have extended hours this week. ...more

August 22, 2008

Highlands Little Theatre Inc. (HLT), a not-for-profit organization, is seeking community-minded businesses/organizations to sponsor productions during the upcoming 2008 - 2009 season featuring "Beauty and the Beast," "Don't Drink the Water," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Shakespeare in Hollywood" and "Smokey Joe's Cafe." ...more

August 18, 2008

Terry Grace Sears knows she still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terrorist attack. ...more

August 17, 2008

U.S. troops have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008