A monthly party hosted by businesses on the city's west side and slated for today will also serve as a fundraiser for a woman who lost her home to a fire last weekend. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA - A man riding a bicycle on the shoulder of southbound U.S. 41 in Palmetto on Sunday night was hospitalized in critical condition after he tried to cross the highway and was hit by a car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

May 4, 2008

Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio comes to town today to talk taxes. ...more

December 20, 2007

When a 9-year-old boy fell under the wheels of a float Friday night in the Plant City Christmas Parade, onlookers rushed to help him. ...more

December 9, 2007

PLANT CITY - When a 9-year-old boy fell under the wheels of a float Friday night in the Plant City Christmas Parade, onlookers rushed to help him. Johnny Knotts, who had been watching the parade from the west side of South Collins Street, was among the first to kneel beside the injured child. His Knotts hardware store stands across the street, just south of Laura Street. "The float in front of me suddenly stopped," Knotts said. "People on the east side of the street were screaming. It was obvious that something horrible had happened. I ran to the other side of the float and saw the boy lying under the trailer." ...more

December 8, 2007

The owners of Sangria's Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant are exploring a new restaurant in the neighborhood. ...more

November 10, 2007

Three years after residents defeated a proposal to build a gas station at the heart of Meadow Pointe, developers want to put up a CVS pharmacy and small retail strip at County Line Road and Mansfield Boulevard. ...more

November 5, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A 51-year-old New Port Richey man was struck and killed this afternoon trying to cross U.S. 19, city police said. ...more

October 31, 2007

Wednesday morning was dark and wet. Rain pelted the pavement at the corner of West Shore Boulevard and Montgomery Avenue. That's where Beulah May Lofts, in a gray crossing-guard shirt and green pants, was struck and critically injured. ...more

October 26, 2007

SEBRING — The district's newest elementary school is being built on Memorial Drive a short distance north and across the road from a memorial garden, so "Memorial Elementary" would be an obvious name choice. Superintendent Wally Cox has another reason for the "Memorial" moniker for the district's 17th school, which is currently designated as Elementary "A." "I would like to dedicate Memorial Elementary in honor of our veterans," Cox stated in a memo to the school board members. "I believe it would be a great honor to the many veterans who live in Highlands County and to all veterans who have sacrificed much to give us the freedoms that we enjoy each and every day. ...more

October 19, 2007