She had just three years left to find a family. After that, her childhood would be over. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

Once considered a cheap cut of meat, skirt steak has become a fashionable beef choice. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

If it's just an inch or three that have to go so you can zip your LBD, don't sweat it. ...more

November 18, 2008 |

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Springstead grad Joe Vitale opted to end his football career and graduate from Jacksonville University, spending a season as an intern with the Jacksonville Suns. ...more

August 26, 2008 |

Bethany Williams grew up watching the Los Angeles Lakers and marveling at the showmanship that the players displayed, while also soaking up all she could from the WNBA and legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. ...more

July 31, 2008 |

Has anyone ever asked you whether you were prejudiced? For many years, my answer was yes. I held a long, unfair and unfounded prejudice against my grill. ...more

June 11, 2008 |

Walk into The Pink Cabana and be prepared for an explosion of eye-popping hot pink and green with a touch of everything cutesy and girly. ...more

February 20, 2008 |

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mike Anderson, right (with "Reel Animals" partner Billy Nobles). ...more

December 14, 2007 |

SEBRING — Every other night Savanna Weirick packs all her favorite things in a stroller and tells her grandparents she is going to Iraq to visit her parents. "She has a great imagination," said her grandma, Judy Kelly, as she watched her granddaughter play in the living room of her Sebring home. Judy and her husband, Mike Kelly, or Nana and Papa as Savanna calls them, have been taking care of the 2-year-old since September when her parents, Army Spc. Kairee and Sgt. John Weirick, were deployed to Iraq. Pictures of her parents in uniform are displayed throughout the house on top of the television, on the refrigerator and even printed on pillows on the couch. ...more

November 29, 2007 |

One of my favorite things about Highlands County is that it's a melting pot. We have people here from every corner of the United States as well as many foreign countries. Just go to the mall or the circle in downtown Sebring and watch the parade of people. You'll see old, middle-aged and young, as well as every race and ethnic variety. Or go into any of our many fine restaurants and listen to the people around you. You'll hear accents from Brooklyn to Jamaican and everything in between. It's what gives our county a life all its own. That mix of people also gives us a mix of cultures that enriches our choices in everything from the clothes in our stores, to the foods in our restaurants, the music on our radios, and the art you'll find when you walk the streets of downtown Sebring during the upcoming Arts Festival. I'm not an artist, but I do appreciate art in all its myriad forms. I never cease to marvel at the creativity innate in the human spirit. The universal urge toward artistic expression, in everything from pottery to pastries to photography, is proof that we humans are all cut from the same cloth. ...more

November 4, 2007 |