Mark Barry, executive director of the Arc Nature Coast, is competing in his third Florida Challenge Triathlon. ...more

September 27, 2008

Falling lottery revenue forced lawmakers on Wednesday to transfer $48 million between trust funds to shore up education spending normally supported by ticket sales. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hyde Park resident Chad Harrod is one of five finalists for The Gentlemen's Fund, Better Men Better World Search, sponsored by GQ magazine. ...more

September 3, 2008

High school graduates who received $1,000 scholarships from Brandon Regional Hospital's Doctor's Scholarship fund recently visited the hospital to share their plans the hospital leadership. The students talked about the colleges they plan to attend and their intended majors - everything from premedicine to culinary arts, accounting and drama. ...more

August 20, 2008

The Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce and Alan Jay Wildstein awarded scholarships to a pair of Sebring High School seniors while collecting almost $10,000 toward a scholarship endowment fund Friday at the Kenilworth Lodge. ...more

July 19, 2008

Cathy and Mark Suggs' life has taken a few sharp turns, none more than when the couple decided to live off their savings and build a house with almost no prior construction experience. ...more

July 15, 2008

The Knights of St. Peter Claver of the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church hosted a luncheon May 22 at the Tampa Yacht and Country Club to benefit the Herbert D. Carrington Sr. Memorial Scholarship. ...more

June 25, 2008

SEBRING — Sun 'n Lake Golf & Country Club is selling $250 covered tables to watch its July 5 fireworks event, and it's sponsoring a July 26 golf tournament. Megan L. Klootwyk, director of membership and marketing, said the money will go to the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce. Robert and Heide Miller of Cherokee Janitorial Service in Avon Park are donating a percentage of its revenues to the Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and the Sebring chamber. And Shawn Marler of the Boy Scouts is planning a joint fundraiser with the chamber. "If there's ever been a time for community support, it's now," said Interim Chamber President Sarah Pallone. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — Nearly every week, the board of directors at the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce finds a new problem. ...more

June 6, 2008

Four students earned scholarships from the community theater group Pelican Players to study their favorite art forms at their choice of colleges - Cassandra Holbrook and Courtney Driggers of East Bay High School and Angelica Corbett and Alexander Eugene Crenshaw of Riverview High School. ...more

June 4, 2008