Wauchula News

MJ's memorial service to be held at 20,000 seat capacity Staples Center now One of the Jonas Bros is off the market AEG, the promoter of Michael Jackson 's O2 London shows has released a quick bit of footage from the LAST EVER performance Michael Jackson did before his death.

Bubbles the chimp will not attend Michael Jackson's funeral. No. The world's best-known chimpanzee - though he may be tied with Tarzan's Cheeta - did not try to commit suicide after finding out the King of Pop, who once owned him, was dead.

Maria Charlton took a drag on a Kool cigarette Tuesday just outside the Broward County Courthouse, savoring one of her last smokes ever.

One of Michael Jackson's most famous former pets now lives right here in the Bay Area.

Entertainment Tonight Headlines ET can tell you where Michael Jackson 's former pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, is today.

Four high school students from Peace River Electric Cooperative's service territory joined with approximately 1,500 other high school students from across the country who participated in the annual Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association , headquartered in Washington, has coordinated the Youth Tour program ...

Sunrise Community recently received $10,800 from Operation Round Up. Serving Highlands, Hardee, Polk, and Volusia counties, Sunrise provides people with disabilities the assistance and support necessary to enable them to live valued lives in the community.

Authorities have recovered the Chevrolet Cavalier stolen from a doctor's office parking lot Tuesday afternoon, but the 3-year-old Chihuahua that was inside the vehicle is still missing.

The following people were booked Monday, June 15 into the Highlands County Jail: Rosetta Dawn Chawla , 33, of Wauchula, on charges of obtaining a controlled substance by forgery, trafficking in drugs and fraudulent possession of blank prescription forms.

A huge Passion Play production goes on in the small town of Wauchula for several weekends during the Easter season.

With the economy struggling, unwanted horses are sometimes innocent victims. "Horses are simply left in barns or barren pastures without food, water and medical care, condemned to starve and suffer," said Robin Cain of Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary in Myakka City.

It's time to circle Thursday, Nov. 5, in red on your calendar, and while you're at it, circle the next day in green.

A 70-year-old Bowling Green, Florida, man died yesterday when the Isuzu Impulse he was driving on U.S. 17 was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A Bowling Green man was killed Friday afternoon after a collision with a tractor trailer truck.

Friends, family, acquaintances and complete strangers came together on Friday night to support the need of one little boy, Branson Thayer.

Florida Hospital Heartland Division's President/CEO Tim Cook announces the appointment of CFO/Vice President Dima Didenko.

A pleasant & comfortable night with drier air filtering in behind a weak cold front.

It was the late 1800s when the Rich family came from Georgia by wagon train headed to homestead somewhere in Florida's Manatee County.

Every year Ridge Area Arc holds an awards celebration to thank community partners and to recognize consumers for their hard work achieving goals.

Published: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 7:56 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 7:56 p.m. While on his way to jail last month, Ellis Hinton told a Ledger reporter to talk to Lem Brown, an employee who supported him and could back up Hinton's claims that he was an innocent man.