The city's former landfill may someday be transformed into a sports complex, with baseball, football and soccer fields and other athletic amenities. The garbage dump at Disston Avenue and Meres Boulevard was active until 1983, when it was closed and capped. It is now used as the city's yard waste facility. ...more

December 5, 2009

We like the way the Highlands County Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee, better known as R-PAC, responded to Sebring's Dixie Youth Baseball request. Board members moved quickly to support a proposal for major improvements to the baseball complex, and obviously understood the importance of this request. ...more

November 22, 2009

The King boys basketball team has forfeited its first four games of the season for use of an ineligible player, Athletic Director Frank Oliver confirmed. ...more

December 16, 2008

It used to be that once motorists headed east on State Road 50 to the Ridge Manor area, there wasn't a whole lot out there. ...more

December 7, 2008

The dog days of summer may be here, but by Aug. 1, pigskins will be flying across MacDugal Park. ...more

July 23, 2008

The city spent more money to water the Durrah Martin Complex than many people would spend on a new car, and it could end up spending even more next year just to keep the grass green. ...more

July 21, 2008

Imagine Vicki Pontius' surprise. She had rented the football fields at Highlands County Sports Complex to the Sebring Youth Football Association. ...more

July 17, 2008

SARASOTA – Goodyear, Ariz., and the Cincinnati Reds sealed their deal Monday to move the team's spring training to Goodyear's $108 million sports complex with 10,000 seats. ...more

July 15, 2008

WEST TAMPA - Hundreds of fans young and old turned out for the Tampa Bay Rays' block party today at MacFarlane Park, mostly to grab catcher Dioner Navarro's autograph or pose for pictures with the Venezuelan catcher. ...more

July 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The Tampa Bay Rays, who are enjoying unprecedented success on the field this year, are sharing the talents of their grounds crew and influence with local businesses to upgrade Little League fields across the Bay area. ...more

June 17, 2008