SEBRING — In order to avoid a physical confrontation with a burglary suspect with blood on his hands, a sheriff's deputy Tasered him after he repeatedly told the suspect to get on the ground, but instead continued to walk toward him. ...more

May 29, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

The morning commute may get a little easier for motorists trying to get on Interstate 75 from Big Bend Road as construction crews prepare to install a traffic signal on the east side of the interstate overpass. ...more

February 23, 2008

AVON PARK — Renovations to South Florida Community College's Lake Placid Center and University Auditorium are in the works. The SFCC Board of Trustees approved an architecture firm and construction management company at Wednesday's meeting. College officials will now begin negotiating contracts with Chastain-Skillman and Mathews Construction. ...more

February 21, 2008

The morning commute may get a little easier for motorists trying to get on Interstate 75 from Big Bend Road, as construction crews prepare to install a new traffic signal on the east side of the interstate overpass. ...more

February 18, 2008

SEBRING — Public access to the county's most popular lake will be restored next month as Highlands County officials tear down the concrete-and-chain-link-fence barriers that have kept the public out of Lake Denton since mid-September. Vicki Pontius, county parks and recreation director, said the only stumbling block to reopening access to this exceptionally clean and clear lake is hiring a part-time worker to collect weekend user's fees. ...more

February 14, 2008

Tribune handicapper Michael David picks today's races at Tampa Bay Downs: ...more

January 26, 2008

James Garrison came early and stayed late. That's what often happens to leaders. In his Eagle Scout community project last month, 17-year-old James arrived an hour before his volunteers and closed up shop an hour after everyone else had called it a day. In December, James organized and led an effort to create additional wildlife habitat around Dunedin's Lake Paloma. The small lake is near San Christopher Drive and Bayshore Boulevard, northwest of the downtown area. ...more

January 26, 2008

I like mutts. Even though I spent quite a few years raising and training Brittany spaniels, and have owned a half-dozen other "purebred" dogs, the critters of mixed and usually indeterminable ancestry have a special place in my heart. ...more

January 1, 2008

Always well-prepared, Orlando Edgewater offensive lineman Michael Brewster will arrive in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 7 for his jump-start on college life and academics. ...more

December 24, 2007