A proposed development for land slated to be annexed could one day double the population of Avon Park, but some Lake Byrd residents have concerns that lake access would be opened up to thousands of residents. ...more

January 28, 2009

The city plans to resume all Community Redevelopment Agency activity after a state official answered questions and reassured staff and council about its CRA procedures. ...more

January 27, 2009

Florida Redevelopment Agency representatives will be in Avon Park today to answer questions from the city council and public about legal issues concerning the city's Community Redevelopment Agency. ...more

January 26, 2009

A former school resource officer who reportedly told a student he was falling in love with her will not appeal his firing from the Pasco Sheriff's Office as originally planned. ...more

January 21, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided whether they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 21, 2009

Items of interest from the Jan. 12 Plant City Commission meeting: •Commissioners held the first of two public hearings on a proposed ordinance prohibiting parking on portions of streets bordering the park and playground in Royal Hills subdivision. ...more

January 21, 2009

A former school resource officer who reportedly told a student he was falling in love with her will not appeal his firing from the Pasco Sheriff's Office as originally planned. Cpl. Christopher Magavero, a school resource officer at River Ridge Middle School, was fired in October, the same day investigators say he took the 13- year-old out of class and declared his feelings. ...more

January 20, 2009

PLANT CITY Commissioners will vote Monday on a proposed ordinance prohibiting parking on portions of streets bordering the park and playground in Royal Hills subdivision. ...more

January 20, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided yet if they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 20, 2009

Rowena J. Hover of New Port Richey is not enforcing its downtown regulations and ignores complaints from residents. ...more

January 17, 2009