The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the county's handling of abandoned asbestos water pipes during Phase II of the Sebring Parkway Project. ...more

October 29, 2009

Someone had the nerve to take our cement frog and snail and two gnomes from the planter in front of our home. The frog and snail have been in our family for over 20 years. Please, if you haven't destroyed them, return them to their rightful place. You might think it is funny, but we think it is stealing. ...more

April 29, 2009

The prospect for getting the permit soon to build a new section at the county landfill is brighter, but still far from certain, Utilities Director Joe Stapf told the county commission Tuesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

No changes in Tampa Port Authority staffing or operations are expected in 2009 despite an 8.4 percent decline in cargo tonnage last year and a gloomy outlook for an economic recovery this year, port director Richard Wainio said this morning. ...more

January 20, 2009

In pursuit of a victory that will recast college football's pecking order of glamour programs, cement a coaching reputation, and, quite probably, lead to excessive celebration, the No. 1 Florida Gators and No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners collide tonight in the BCS Championship Game. ...more

January 8, 2009

The city park at Valencia Circle looked bare for Christmas after neighborhood organizer Mary Shivers reportedly emptied it of several items she and her friends placed there. ...more

December 29, 2008

No charges will be filed against the driver of a Mack truck that smashed into an Interstate 75 overpass at State Road 50 in Hernando County on Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 12, 2008

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vinny Prospal will share a daily diary while the team is in Europe, including his native Czech Republic. The team will play a season-opening series in Prague against the New York Rangers on Saturday and Sunday. ...more

September 30, 2008

A Avon Park man was pronounced dead at 9:32 a.m. Monday after a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on State Road 60, west of Lake Wales. James A. Wedemeier, 22, was driving in a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina when he crashed at 3:20 p.m. Friday, west of North Airport Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 26, 2008

Relax. You can see California like a tourist and still look (sort of) cool. ...more

July 11, 2008