SEBRING Highlands County Emergency Medical Services has been awarded a $128,000 Assistance to Firefighter Grant. The Department of Homeland Security was the result of an application submitted by Paramedic Training Officer Lynda Schock. ...more

February 8, 2010

While many businesses were closed for Christmas, some employees around the area couldn't catch a break. They were working while others were with their families. ...more

December 26, 2009

The Tampa Port Authority nominating committee is seeking applicants for a future commissioner opening designated for a person with a maritime industry background. ...more

November 5, 2009

The Tampa Port Authority nominating committee is seeking applicants for a future port authority commissioner opening designated for a person with a maritime industry background. The term of commissioner Brian Dolan expires Feb. 6, although Dolan will be permitted to reapply for the nonpaying post. ...more

November 3, 2009

Michael McAdams shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend, then buried their bodies in a remote area of western Hernando County, Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced Friday. ...more

October 24, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public in locating two residents who have been missing since Sunday. Lynda McAdams, 46, of 17928 Palomina Lake Drive in Dade City, and William R. Andrews, 37, of 7128 Cedar Crest Road in New Port Richey, are co-workers who are involved in a relationship, Pasco sheriff's officials said today. ...more

October 22, 2009

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September 25, 2009

Army Sgt. Samuel Valdez has been missing since he fell overboard in a Feb. 22 training exercise, but he will never be forgotten, friends, family members and fellow soldiers say. ...more

July 20, 2009

For Lynda Valdez, the emotions were too much Thursday when she toured the Army tugboat from which her soldier husband disappeared off the North Carolina coast. ...more

March 4, 2009

For Lynda Valdez, the emotions were too much Thursday when she toured the Army tugboat from which her soldier husband disappeared off the North Carolina coast. Lynda Valdez said she broke down when she and other family members visited the Major General Winfield Scott as they struggled to understand the Sunday accident that left 22-year-old Spc. Samuel Valdez of Plant City missing and presumed dead. ...more

February 27, 2009