Florida is flat as a pancake with minimal elevation and is all but surrounded by water. The farthest point inland from the Gulf or Atlantic is just 70 miles, while most of the population lives within 25 miles of the coast on land no more than 20 feet above sea level. We are 18 million people living on a sand bar with more at risk and more to lose from sea level rise than anywhere in the world. ...more

March 29, 2009

Tuesday, February 3rd was the only day of softball play last week for the Sebring Senior Softball League at the Highlands County Sports Complex. Three of the four games finished with a one-run deficit. ...more

February 10, 2009

The stock market crash of 1929 came a few months after Katie Robinson was born. Her mother said the world wasn't ready for her. ...more

November 5, 2008