Longleaf, a traditional front porch community is lighting up for the holidays in a traditional way. ...more

December 10, 2008

From the front porch of her tidy brick house, Betty Franklin can look across Hines Avenue to the rusting hulk of the former Cummer and Sons Cypress Co. sawmill, whose rhythms once ruled this corner of northeastern Pasco County. ...more

December 7, 2008

A family of five, burned out of its house Saturday afternoon, needs help furnishing a new home. ...more

December 3, 2008

The spider plant made it feel like home. "I grew that in my apartment, waiting for this day," Christine Rideout said last week as she stood on the front porch of her new house. ...more

November 17, 2008

Police arrested a registered sex offender Tuesday after a woman reported he had masturbated in front of her and her 6-year-old daughter, an affidavit states. Moises Antonio Pacheco, 37, is charged with felony lewd or lascivious exhibition on a victim younger than 16. He was held on $7,500 bail at the Orient Road Jail today, records show. ...more

November 5, 2008

No one was injured this morning in a fire that heavily damaged a home at 1600 13th St. S. ...more

November 1, 2008

I wonder if the residents of Highlands County are aware that a total stranger can park his or her vehicle in front of your house, come on to your property without your permission and take an animal, and the police will not do a thing about it? Yes, this can and did happen to me. ...more

October 23, 2008

When a restaurant opens in a restored 1919 bungalow and it's simply called The Bungalow, it's probably not unreasonable to expect the whole operation to share that strong, unassuming sense of identity. ...more

October 16, 2008

Fire officials notified the state Fire Marshal's Office when an empty rental home caught fire Friday morning at 419-B. S. Pine St., in downtown Sebring. ...more

October 4, 2008

A host of angels may be settling in the city. Ross O'Bannion, executive director of Angels Unaware, recently asked the Temple Terrace City Council to consider donating city-owned property to build a "warm and welcoming" residence for a group of exceptional residents. ...more

September 17, 2008