Highlands County will receive $302,000 to help the homeless. The grant comes from a $1.5 billion federal stimulus fund, said Richard Reinhardt, executive director of Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless. ...more

March 27, 2009

Highlands County's safety net became a little stronger this week with the addition of $57,000 in federal grants for emergency shelter and food needs. ...more

March 6, 2009

Q Friends who used to live here moved out of state to be with family because neither could work and had little income for two years. Their doctor is recommending they return here for health reasons. ...more

September 2, 2008

AVON PARK –– Some people dream of sailing off into the sunset upon retirement, but only a few actually try it. Bill Stephenson spent 40 years in Vermont with his own agency as a manufacturer's representative selling agricultural and industrial machinery. His wife Mildred, affectionately known as Midge, had been his office manager. Upon retirement in 1995, they set sail. While on the Intracoastal, they lost an engine in Cocoa Beach. Some friends owned property at Lily Lake in Frostproof and invited them to stay there while their boat was being repaired that summer. "During that hiatus, we agreed that our age was beyond our ability to sail and then we got involved with the Union Congregation Church," Stephenson said. ...more

November 5, 2007

For Perry and Sandra Delong, rebuilding their life after their home burned to the ground last week is going to be a test like no other. ...more

October 28, 2007