When I drove up to the Pioneer Florida Days Festival over Labor Day weekend, I was surprised (and happy) to find a nice plant sale sandwiched between the square dancers and the Civil War battlefield. ...more

September 11, 2008

From Mount Dora to Cedar Key, residents are seeing the highest water levels in more than two years. ...more

September 7, 2008

There might not be a narrow staircase leading from Bishop McLaughlin's locker room to the field, but the players will look like they are ready to knock on Notre Dame's famous "Play Like a Champion Today" sign before heading to the field. ...more

August 23, 2008

It has been a busy four weeks for Eddie Kenny, Bishop McLaughlin's new athletic director who is still getting acclimated to high school sports after spending the past several years in Division II college athletic departments. ...more

August 1, 2008

Temple Terrace In hopes of finding quieter surroundings, an eye surgeon's practice on Fowler Avenue is building new offices a few blocks away on 56th Street. ...more

July 9, 2008

FOOTBALL Lions to begin play in the eight-team Sunshine State Athletic Conference this upcoming season. ...more

June 27, 2008

SEBRING — Twenty two balloons went up, up and away last Saturday, and in turn, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Highlands County was able to pull down more than $7,000. Fifty riders paid for the privilege to ride with balloonists from all over Florida. The event will benefit the general budget of the local club and help defray the cost of scholarships for many of more than 160 participants at the club's summer children's program. Pam Mooney, of Ridge Florist, and the event manager, said that the second annual balloon festival was huge or "two and a half times bigger than last year's – which attracted 14 balloons – and is only going to get bigger." More than 500 people on Friday night turned out at Saturday's launch site, at Sebring International Raceway, for "Friday Glow." ...more

June 6, 2008

When Lisa Vaill of Gainesville crossed the finish line along Bayshore Boulevard on Sunday, it seemed certain she would be bestowed the honor of top female runner for the Gasparilla Half Marathon. ...more

February 11, 2008

A larger-than-expected crowd breathed in the smells and savored the tastes offered by professional cooks who drenched their chicken with sauce, peppered their ribs with spices and charred their briskets to a crisp. ...more

October 24, 2007

EUSTIS - A tornado tore through a neighborhood in this Central Florida lakeshore town in less than a minute Thursday night, damaging about 50 houses, leaving 20 of those uninhabitable. ...more

September 21, 2007