Drivers are urged to avoid the intersection of 46th Avenue and 28th Street in Lealman as firefighters battle a blaze at a commercial building. ...more

March 27, 2009

Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009

A woman trapped in her second-floor apartment by a Himes Avenue fire died early this morning while a man in another apartment dropped a 1-year-old from a window to her uncle on the ground to escape the flames. ...more

March 22, 2009

Those devices detonated yesterday atop a Lakeland parking garage by a bomb squad robot? Not explosive devices, investigators now say, but the remains of one previously exploded and some trash. ...more

March 10, 2009

Two minor fires are handled by the firefighters Monday. ...more

March 9, 2009

Rescuers evaluated two adults and two children who jumped overboard Sunday night to escape a burning boat north of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. ...more

March 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - It was the middle of the night and Buddy Carter's dogs started barking up a storm. Although that's not out of the ordinary on any given evening at Carter's Canine Condos, there was just something different about the sounds that sent up a red flag. ...more

March 5, 2009

Your e-mails and letters were all over the board this week, from the American Dream to emergency rooms to gator movies. ...more

March 3, 2009

Four people were rescued this evening from a 37-foot boat that ran aground near Honeymoon Island State Park. ...more

February 25, 2009

President Barack Obama's assurance Tuesday that his mortgage-relief plan will only benefit deserving homeowners appears to be a stretch. ...more

February 25, 2009