St. Petersburg firefighter Tanya Pritchard clipped a red rope to the harness around her torso, extra carabiners dangling at the ready. ...more

March 28, 2009

St. Petersburg firefighter Tanya Pritchard clipped a red rope to the harness around her torso, extra carabiners dangling at the ready. ...more

February 27, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor has concerns about the economic game plan President-elect Barack Obama has been putting together during the transition. ...more

December 20, 2008

The Fraternal Order of Eagles would like everyone to know that in Florida we are working on having five working disaster relief trailers in the event that a hurricane were to hit or any other disasters were to happen. The first one is ready to respond anywhere it's needed to go, thanks to generous donations from our members and the following organizations: Heacock Insurance Group, Avon Park Moose Lodge, Sebring AMVETS. ...more

December 20, 2008

The American Red Cross national day of giving was Saturday, but with local donations down 43 percent, the Highlands County office also needs support. ...more

December 15, 2008

The gift list for those shopping at the Alternative Christmas Market on Sunday might look something like this: ...more

December 3, 2008

The gift list for those shopping at the Alternative Christmas Market on Sunday might look something like this: ...more

December 2, 2008

The year's most important tax package was in trouble Friday as the House passed a key part of it that the White House threatened to veto and the Senate said was a dead end. ...more

September 27, 2008

He was a long way from South Korea, but he had every intention of going back. ...more

August 2, 2008

During his 49 years, he's been proud to be, by turns, a University of South Florida nursing instructor, a disaster relief expert, a physician, a registered nurse, a paramedic, a Navy corpsman and a McDonald's burger-flipper, dreaming of becoming the boss. ...more

July 14, 2008