Tropical Storm Fay, now seen on radar images with a small but defined eye, has surprisingly maintained its strength as it crosses over Florida, according to National Hurricane Center forecasters. ...more

August 19, 2008

With driving rain and buffeting 50- to 60-mph winds, Tropical Storm Fay swept over Southwest Florida this morning. It set its sights on Emerald City, a tiny fishing hamlet that shrugged off the weather today, saying it has been worse. ...more

August 19, 2008

Dear Abby: I'm a 30-year-old woman who has battled compulsive eating and binge eating since my teens. (Yes, I still have a weight problem.) I see a counselor and am trying to find solutions that work for me. ...more

August 3, 2008

The Lake Placid Town Council voted unanimously at Monday's meeting to charge a maximum ad valorem millage rate of 4.1166 mils for $1,000 of assessed property valuation. ...more

July 18, 2008

I have been trying to get the city of Sebring to correct our street signs for over a year. We are a street, and the year-old signs say we are an avenue. We are the only place around where an avenue crosses an avenue. I cannot get the city to get off their seats, but I recall the pictures of King Carl Cool in your paper with real street signs wasted at taxpayers' expense, saying "Carl Cool Avenue." What a crock! ...more

July 6, 2008

To hear activists say it, their community is contaminated, saturated with sludge and overdue for a more modern sewage system. ...more

June 29, 2008

County administrator David Hamilton sees community up close during a walking tour Saturday. ...more

June 28, 2008

Hundreds of fans bid on urinals, chunks of concrete and plastic orange seats Saturday, hoping to take a little piece of the Orange Bowl home with them. ...more

February 10, 2008

Work at the Anderson Road and Waters Avenue intersection is "real, real close to being finished," county spokesman Steve Valdez said. ...more

February 2, 2008

Work at the Anderson Road and Waters Avenue intersection is "real, real close to being finished," county spokesman Steve Valdez said. ...more

January 31, 2008