Alongside the daily grind of armed robberies, missing persons and domestic violence calls, add a case of tree poisoning to the plate of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say that sometime between August and September someone came onto private property on Pheasant Drive in Mulberry, drilled holes in several trees and plugged the holes with something. ...more

December 3, 2009

Alonzo Robertson scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Avon Park boys basketball team to a 68-50 district win over Frostproof on Tuesday night in the Red Devils gym. ...more

December 3, 2009

No fourth-quarter collapse. No 26-turnover performance. Two unofficial games into this young season, Sebring is looking more and more like a contender - again. ...more

November 21, 2009

Cleveland Nobles got the call Friday afternoon, just hours before his final football game of the season. ...more

November 19, 2009

Careless down the stretch, the Sebring boys basketball team squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead during a 58-55 loss to Clewiston in the Bill Jarrett Tip-Off opener on Tuesday night. ...more

November 19, 2009

No one's business A recent letter to the editor asked the question: "Why exactly is gambling always portrayed as being bad?" I also have a question: If adults want to gamble with other adults, all using their own money, why is it any of the government's business or anyone else's business? ...more

November 5, 2009

Mulberry at Tampa Catholic for h.s. scores ...more

October 30, 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

As the time to swing open the doors at The Mosaic Company's new corporate headquarters near FishHawk Ranch draws near, company representatives say everything is on track. Meanwhile, area residents are already getting to know their soon-to-be corporate neighbors. ...more

October 30, 2009

Residents working to save a Seffner forest and the eagles that inhabit it have gotten a two-year reprieve from Tampa Electric Co. ...more

October 28, 2009