The Highlands 4-H dog club is hosting the first statewide 4-H Dog Conference at 4-H Camp Cloverleaf in Lake Placid Aug. 7-9. ...more

August 6, 2009

Authorities from Georgia to Texas say theyhave little to go on in the search for a University of Georgia professor suspected of three killings. ...more

April 26, 2009

County leaders have to decide how to spend what's left of funding for the Upper Tampa Bay Trail and turned to the public for ideas. ...more

March 25, 2009

County leaders have to decide how to spend what's left of funding for the Upper Tampa Bay Trail and turned to the public for ideas. ...more

March 25, 2009

Highlands County officials are having surveillance cameras installed at all three of the county fuel depots as a precaution against thefts of gasoline and diesel. ...more

February 27, 2009

The Upper Tampa Bay Trail, when completed, will run 15 miles from Memorial Highway to the Suncoast Parkway Trail, which runs another 42 miles to Citrus County. The recreational possibilities will stretch as far for bikers, hikers, rollerbladers and others. ...more

February 18, 2009

woman went missing Saturday morning following a 5K race at Chinsegut Nature Center, but it was discovered she made it home a few hours later, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

February 14, 2009

Hillsborough County appears to have wasted $500,000 in studying the widening of a rural section of Lithia-Pinecrest Road southeast of Brandon that the county now says it has no intention of actually widening. ...more

January 11, 2009

Bright yellow numbered decals will be glued down on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail. They are like mile markers along an interstate highway and serve as sort of a beacon in case of an emergency. ...more

December 25, 2008

Bright, yellow, numbered decals will be glued down on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail. They are like mile markers along an interstate highway and serve as sort of a beacon in case of an emergency. Hikers, joggers and bikers along the trail now have a point of reference if a problem arises. They can call 911 and tell the dispatcher they are at a certain decal number. Dispatchers then punch in the number on a computer, and a location pops up on the screen. ...more

December 23, 2008