GIRLS SOCCER Defender-turned-forward, freshman Lindsey McElroy, deposits four goals and one assist as Hernando turns back first-year Wesley Chapel-Sunlake, 5-1. ...more

January 16, 2008

SEBRING – There is not a lot of time left to find that perfect gift for that special somebody and apparently a bunch of Christmas shoppers are in that predicament. As of Dec. 18, just one week before Christmas, about 19 percent of men — and about 14 percent of women — had yet to begin their shopping, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. The survey showed that 16.5 percent of all consumers hadn't started shopping. In Highlands County, some merchants agree with the survey about seeing more shoppers getting a late start, while other store managers don't see it that way. "We're swamped," said Tom Short, manager of Michaels Arts and Crafts at the Shops At Shelby Crossing in Sebring. "They are buying Christmas stuff like it is going out of style." ...more

December 23, 2007

You can't call last Monday night's match a moral victory, because nobody lost. Neither Class 4A, District 8 team had to take the high road. ...more

December 17, 2007

HOLMES BEACH - Investigators know Carla A. Beard left a residential drug rehabilitation center in Sarasota on Nov. 26 and that she died of blunt trauma to the head about two days later on Anna Maria Island. ...more

December 4, 2007

SARASOTA - Organizers of the downtown New Year's Eve celebration are scrambling for a last-minute plan to collect enough money to pull off the event. ...more

November 27, 2007

TAMPA - Like, OMG. Hannah Montana is totally in the house — well the St. Pete Times Forum that is. ...more

November 19, 2007