There have been many questions and environmental concerns regarding the proposed Eagle Training Center in Venus. The area known as Venus is a major wetland and probably more so than other places in Highlands County or even the state. It is mostly a community in harmony that could be destroyed. ...more

September 5, 2009

It's a long-held tradition in eastern Hillsborough County for members of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival's best flat contests. ...more

March 18, 2009

Here is today's schedule for the Florida Strawberry Festival: 10 a.m.: Gates open ...more

February 27, 2009

Takes rope, not electricity, to rein in 450-pound hog. ...more

October 15, 2008

So how does a stun gun work on a 450-pound porker? Not so well, a Hernando County sheriff's deputy learned Monday after he was forced to pull his nonlethal weapon while trying to corral a swine on the loose in Royal Highlands. ...more

October 15, 2008

So how does a stun gun work on a 450-pound porker? Not so well, a Hernando County sheriff's deputy learned Monday after he was forced to pull his nonlethal weapon while trying to corral a swine on the loose in Royal Highlands. ...more

October 14, 2008

SEBRING — The pickup truck backed up, the gate swung open, and three hogs were released from a trailer. One by one, they cross the scales. "Two hundred and thirty-eight pounds," came a voice from inside the livestock barn. Whoops went up. Anthony Hargaden smiled. "It was the pie!" shouted his mother, Allison Hargaden. Indeed, it was two pies, and a bottle of water. ...more

February 10, 2008