A family of five was displaced Tuesday morning when a kitchen fire started at a stove and spread into a microwave and kitchen cabinets. ...more

January 28, 2009

American Red Cross volunteers helped a family of five who lost their home to fire on Christmas Eve, according to Phil Attinger with the American Red Cross Polk County chapter. ...more

December 26, 2008

Saturday is the American Red Cross National Day of Giving and volunteers with the local American Red Cross branch will be at Lakeshore Mall from noon to 4 p.m. to accept donations. ...more

December 12, 2008

Curtistine Wilson, a 30-year-old single mother, remembers the day in August when she came home and found the house on fire. ...more

October 4, 2008

Two local Red Cross volunteers are on their way to Texas to help with Hurricane Ike relief efforts. ...more

September 18, 2008

Two local Red Cross volunteers are on their way to Texas to help with Hurricane Ike relief efforts. Lynn Skyrms and Kel Bartley just returned from Florida's east coast, where they had been assisting victims of Hurricane Fay. They left again this morning in a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle to deliver hot meals, water and cleaning supplies to neighborhoods devastated by Ike. ...more

September 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – A family of six were sleeping in different beds Saturday night after the home they were renting caught fire in the afternoon. ...more

August 16, 2008

The state Fire Marshal's Office on Monday blamed the explosive mixture of four bug bombs and a gas pilot light on a hot water heater for an accidental fire that broke out Friday at a Sebring Parkway home. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Highlands Red Cross will have a new volunteer information meeting at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 8 at the local office at 106 Medical Center Ave., Sebring. ...more

July 17, 2008

If you like to eat spaghetti and chicken, mark your calendar for June 21. ...more

June 11, 2008