Los Relampagos completed its soccer season last month. The 15-under boys squad - part of the Riverview-based Florida Revolution soccer club - finished with a 6-1 record while playing games at the Summerfield Soccer Park and traveling for contests in Temple Terrace and Lake Wales. ...more

November 25, 2009

The Lake Placid volleyball team proved it deserved to be the top seed for the Class 3A-District 9 tournament by sweeping county rival Avon Park by scores of 25-21, 25-12, 25-22 in Wednesday night's semifinals in Mulberry. ...more

October 30, 2009

Plant battled wind and high scores to win the Class 2A-District 10 boys golf championship Tuesday at Temple Terrace Golf Club. ...more

October 21, 2009

There may have been a slight shift in power among Highlands County's high school softball programs on display Tuesday, and in all honesty, Ashley Paeplow felt a bit guilty about it. ...more

February 19, 2009

While many Tampa Bay area home builders have put down their hammers, some continue to start construction on new homes – just not very many of them. Area builders started construction on 932 single-family homes in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Houston-based Metrostudy, which tracks new home construction, That's a 32.9 percent decrease from last year and the first time in at least 23 years that housing starts fell below 1,000 in a quarter. Why are builders building any homes in this economy? If they want to stay in business, they say they have to keep building at least some homes. ...more

February 4, 2009

Randolph Lawrence wanted to expand the horizons for his business. The owner and director of the Florida Taekwondo & Hapkido Academy in Riverview wished to offer more classes in a greater variety of martial arts techniques. ...more

November 19, 2008

2:18 p.m.: Voting has been steady all day at precinct 947 in Summerfield, said Kenneth Jarvis, precinct deputy. ...more

November 4, 2008

With a fourth consecutive district championship only a victory away, the Lake Placid volleyball team showed no mercy in crushing Mulberry 25-15, 25-17, 25-15 in the Class 3A-District 10 tournament on Thursday night. ...more

November 1, 2008

With three straight district titles in tow, the Lake Placid volleyball team is by no means flying under the radar as it heads into this week's Class 3A-District 10 tournament at Mulberry. ...more

October 27, 2008

The East Bay High School baseball program and its supporters will soon trade their bats for golf clubs for an upcoming fundraiser. ...more

October 15, 2008