Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health. ...more

June 13, 2008

The Oaks at Riverview is nearing build-out with the last homes headed for a fall completion. ...more

June 11, 2008

Brooksville Wesleyan Church is seeking permission to build a new place of worship along State Road 50. ...more

June 7, 2008

BROOKSVILLE WESLEYAN ON P&Z AGENDA ...more

June 6, 2008

Every day for nine years, Barbara and James Roush have visited Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Funeral Home and Crematory to place an artificial flower on their daughter's grave. ...more

May 27, 2008

RIVERVIEW - Vandals overturned and crushed dozens of grave markers at Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, 6919 Providence Road, the night before the cemetery's traditional Memorial Day service. ...more

May 26, 2008

SEBRING — A Haines City man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $29,750 bond after he was arrested and charged in three separate burglary cases in the Sebring area. Jason Richard Boone, 30, of 280 Dyson Road, arrested on warrants and charged with two counts of burglary of a structure or conveyance, two counts of criminal mischief, two counts of vehicle theft, one count of burglary of a dwelling and one count of petty theft. On May 21, he was extradited from the Polk County Jail to Highlands County. Detectives say that between the hours of 3 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Oct. 20, Boone entered three Sebring properties, one in the 6000 block of North Carolina Drive and two in the 700 and 800 block of Town and Country Boulevard. ...more

May 23, 2008

The international court's ruling Friday that gives a South African double-amputee the opportunity to compete for an Olympic berth is a victory for all disabled people who long for equality in the able-bodied world. ...more

May 20, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - For Bill Darou, the move into a bigger space is long overdue. ...more

May 17, 2008

SEBRING — Several local students, seniors and political volunteers talked issues – rather than individual candidates – when discussing the upcoming presidential election, Monday. Bill Allen, 78, was motoring a golf cart while his dog, Keno, rode in the passenger seat, near his Tanglewood home. "I'm more interested in what's happened to our country," said Allen. "People really aren't talking about people, they're talking about the whole economy and more about the issues." Fellow Tanglewood resident Loretta Nafis said the economy hit her and her neighbors on fixed incomes particularly hard. "People are more complacent," said Nafis. "And they're so fed up. We need a change." ...more

February 25, 2008