Wauchula News

Bensen Days is one of the oldest and largest gyroplane fly-ins in the world. Each spring enthusiasts gather in Florida to rekindle our bond with each other and drill holes in the sky in a celebration of aviation unlike any other.

The 2012 National Signing Day has officially started for Georgia Southern University's football program, which is in the process of receiving signed national letters of intent that are faxed by recruits who now are Eagles.

Following a closed executive session Tuesday, the Eagle Point City Council voted to invite four candidates to interview for the soon-to-be-vacant city administrator position.

The last two orangutans at the financially-troubled Great Ape Trust near Des Moines have left Iowa for a new home in Florida.

The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries said the chimp and orangutan sanctuary situated between Avon Park and Wauchula offers "unsurpassed care" for great apes, according to a news release.