Toys donated by customers who filled a large gingerbread house at the Dollar General Store No. 1313, in Sebring, were delivered Thursday to the National Guard Armory at Avon Park for the families of the soldiers of Bravo Battery. ...more

December 19, 2009

Citigroup's surprisingly low pricing of a stock offer this week provides a clear sign that investors are still nervous about the banking giant's ability to regain its financial health. ...more

December 18, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009

Taking full advantage of benign conditions, the four-person team of Andrew Katsanis, Elgin Bayless, Eric Moore and Terry Hancock breezed to a three-stroke win in the first flight of the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce golf tournament on Thursday afternoon. ...more

November 21, 2009

Dixie Youth Baseball is developing a five-year plan for improvements to the city's Max Long Field Complex, the first phase of which is to resurface fields 2 and 4, which are the smaller fields, to improve drainage. ...more

November 20, 2009

Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida, the largest award to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies. ...more

November 19, 2009

Exactly 12 months ago, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were surprised to be greeted by throngs of eager fans of the novel "Twilight" at the premiere of the big-screen adaptation. ...more

November 17, 2009

Sebring Police officers were seen barreling into the parking lot of Wachovia Bank on U.S. 27 Thursday afternoon, but all turned out OK. ...more

November 13, 2009

A nurse told a 38-year-old patient walking out of Community Hospital he couldn't leave Thursday afternoon because he still had an intravenous catheter in his arm, a police report states. ...more

November 7, 2009

A mother and daughter were arrested by city police Thursday afternoon, accused of bilking their 93-year-old relative, who has dementia and other ailments, for nearly $21,000. ...more

November 7, 2009