A City of Avon Park employee was fired from his job after an altercation with another worker at the city's wastewater treatment plant. ...more

February 19, 2009

It's a quick ride in a car - or a bus. But the 1.6 miles between the entrance of the Spring Ridge subdivision on Sunshine Grove Road and the front door of Pine Grove Elementary school is quite a hike. ...more

February 19, 2009

PALATKA, Fla. - Investigators searching for a missing 5-year-old northeast Florida girl say they are looking into tips that the 17-year-old girlfriend of the child's father may not have been home when Haleigh Cummings vanished. ...more

February 18, 2009

The school board will have another week to mull over ideas to slash the budget. ...more

February 18, 2009

The school board will have another week to mull over ideas to slash the budget. ...more

February 17, 2009

Hijacked At The Pump If big oil can't make it on crude oil, they make it on refining. The last time oil hit a low of $34 a barrel we paid $1.59 a gallon for regular. Now we're hijacked at the pump at $1.93. Part of the stimulus package should be an excess profit tax on big oil to finance infrastructure. ...more

February 17, 2009

Donna Byrne's story inspires other horse owners to help her with lodging, food and even new shoes for her horses. ...more

February 11, 2009

"Oh, it's sore, but not too bad." Some people are like that. I had driven my mom down to visit someone in the intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital, and she had taken off her jacket and was trying to put on the required gown mask and gloves. That's when I noticed one arm was swollen so much she looked like Popeye. ...more

February 6, 2009

Thirty three years before Jon Green was shot dead in his home near Polk City Tuesday, another fatal shooting occurred at that home. ...more

February 5, 2009

The body of a slaying suspect has been found in a lake near Fantasy of Flight in Polk City. ...more

February 4, 2009