Barring a steamier summer than usual, the repainting job on the Sunshine Skyway's cables, now in its 17th month, could be finished before the end of the summer. ...more

June 24, 2008

AVON PARK — There's dress for success and dress to impress, but next year at Park Elementary, it will be dress to behave your best, as the school introduces a standardized dress code. Park Elementary Principal Brenda Longshore said Tuesday, "we are just hoping that it will help us create a better learning environment and that we will be able to reduce the discipline referrals and that it will create a positive school culture." Last summer, several parents suggested a standardized dress code for students. During a visit to a Polk County school this year, Park Elementary staff members inquired about the countywide dress code and were very impressed with it, Longshore said. ...more

May 20, 2008

Just before Thanksgiving, Lee Fox received a call for help from her friend Lynn Zablo. ...more

January 14, 2008

There are no mermaids swimming in Bob Hill Spring. The spring, just yards from the intersection of U.S. 19 and County Line Road, feeds a small, meandering creek and 5-acre pond - not a landmark river such as the Weekiwachee. ...more

January 8, 2008

Residents of the Holiday Springs RV Resort in Spring Hill worry about the effects of a proposed commercial development on their spring. ...more

January 7, 2008