Hospital Days Crusade The Shriners of the Highlands Shrine Club and Shriners everywhere would like to express their appreciation for all the businesses and people who contributed to our Hospital Days Crusade from Oct. 28-Nov. 7. ...more

November 23, 2009

Sports stars turned out on Friday night for the fourth annual "Dick Vitale Gala" at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota. ...more

May 15, 2009

A Burger King assistant manager stole at least $5,000 after a customer accidentally left her purse at the restaurant, Tampa police say. ...more

March 24, 2009

Sometimes, a great idea takes just the right people to pull it off. When the staff at Florida Home Health and Dr. T. C. Lackey II, D.O., decided we wanted to host a tennis tournament to help raise money for the Good Shepherd Hospice House, we never imagined the outpouring of support we would receive. We would like to take a moment to thank the individuals who gave their monies, time, effort and goodwill to make our first tournament a success. ...more

March 24, 2009

Mayor Rick Baker today announced an initiative to coordinate the city's efforts to get its share of the federal stimulus monies that are available. ...more

March 19, 2009

Three months after Linda Bollea was given $400,000 from the frozen assets of her estranged husband Hulk Hogan to pay attorneys' fees, it appears Hogan wants some of that money, too. ...more

March 11, 2009

The recent letter by the Sebring Elks Lodge 1529 concerning the fund raising for the K-9 dog was incorrect. Our apology goes to the AMVETS Post 21 who did the poker run in November and collected over $4,000 and the 2nd annual Tom Berdellagolf scramble will be held in April, with monies made going to the K-9 fund. ...more

February 22, 2009

Through a series of fundraising events that began in January and culminated Tuesday, the Tanglewood community raised $55,000 earmarked to the American Cancer Society for cancer research. ...more

February 19, 2009

A dozen crewmembers of the freighter Rio Magdalena are waiting for air tickets to return to their home countries and pay for the last month and a half of work. ...more

February 17, 2009

THE Bus Is A Lifeline I was disappointed to read Hernando County Commissioner James Adkins' statement, "Park THE Bus." ...more

February 9, 2009