Coleman Middle School recently recognized 29 eighth-graders with a limousine ride to lunch at Lee Roy Selmon's and commemorative medals for receiving perfect scores on the FCAT Writes test. ...more

May 31, 2008

Dale Chambers, the first-year Plant City High boys basketball coach whose team made it to the regional finals of the state playoffs, is trying to set another precedent. ...more

May 28, 2008

Every year the American Cancer Society invites cancer survivors to their "Relay For Life." I attended the one on April 26 in Sebring at Firemen's Field. This year all the volunteers and businesses outdid themselves. They must have put in long hours to do such a great job. ...more

May 8, 2008

For a lot of people, the end of the school year can't come soon enough. ...more

May 7, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative will host an export informational meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26. The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. at the Lake Placid Conference Center, 2665 Placid View Drive. Lunch will be provided. ...more

February 23, 2008

SEBRING — A little bit of Florida history is being revived this week. ...more

February 20, 2008

Shawn Bull, 34, brings youth, enthusiasm and the joy of creating palatable treats to the culinary arts program at South County Career Center. ...more

February 7, 2008

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital has a new perk for new mothers: their baby's birth certificate before they check out. ...more

January 26, 2008

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital has a new perk for new mothers: their baby's birth certificate before they check out. ...more

January 26, 2008

The smell of gun smoke downtown means it's Gasparilla time. On Tuesday, about 20 mock pirates kicked off the prelude to Saturday's main events when they arrived aboard a parade float - with guns echoing - to "abduct" the mayor and demand the city's surrender. There was tough talk from Mayor Pam Iorio: "We will put up a fight," she vowed, surrounded by the costumed sea wolves. Maybe, but no mayor has been able to resist the make-believe pirate invasion that comes Saturday. In fact, the mayor and marauders soon gave up even the pretense of conflict and went off together for lunch. ...more

January 23, 2008