City departments won't be getting new vehicles any time soon. Vacant jobs won't be filled, and travel and training budgets were slashed. ...more

September 6, 2008

With one council member voting "no" to the budget, the Sebring City Council approved the city's 2008-09 budget and property tax rate. ...more

September 5, 2008

Powder might face the toughest challenge of her life, depending on the damage inflicted by Hurricane Gustav. ...more

August 31, 2008

Gulf Coast communities are handing out more and more tags that residents can hang from their rearview mirrors as identification to re-enter towns and cities after mandatory evacuations. ...more

August 20, 2008

An off-duty Tampa Fire Rescue driver was arrested early this morning on charges he was driving while intoxicated. Rodney Shelby Brown, 47, was arrested by Hillsborough County deputies at McIntosh Road and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard about midnight. ...more

August 20, 2008

Shouting up to workers on the roof of the downtown fire station, Sebring Fire Chief Brad Batz asked about the caulking on the parapets as electricians, plumbers and carpenters put the finishing touches on the major renovation project. ...more

August 15, 2008

County officials on Thursday allowed the developer of Trilby Estates to go ahead with construction without tying into a nearby water line to provide fire protection. ...more

August 15, 2008

The community of Ruskin is pulling together for one of its own, a teenage girl who was severely beaten and now is blind and unable to walk, breathe or swallow on her own. ...more

August 11, 2008

Clothes, shoes, toys, strollers and car seats can be exchanged and purchased at multi-faceted Spring Hill store. ...more

August 11, 2008

She worked full-time before she had her daughter. Like many work-minded mothers, Jennifer Vitale wished for a job that could provide for her and her child, but she didn't want to be away from her for nine hours of the day. ...more

August 11, 2008