City Manager Sarah Adelt says goodbye Avon Park City Manager Sarah Adelt choked up as she said goodbye to her colleagues during Monday's city council meeting. ...more

November 26, 2009

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year. ...more

November 17, 2009

A former adoption agency director who overcharged adoptive parents must repay about $178,000 to her victims as part of a plea bargain accepted Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

City commissioners will consider allowing golf carts within the downtown Community Redevelopment District. ...more

December 5, 2008

A rare tropical storm warning and hurricane watch were posted for parts of the Maine coast on Saturday as Hurricane Kyle roared toward the region, threatening conditions similar to a New England nor'easter. ...more

September 28, 2008

An e-mail sent by local immigration officials to their agency head the day after the city adopted an ID program for illegal immigrants suggests the timing of a raid soon thereafter was not coincidental, the city's mayor said. ...more

January 27, 2008

The Bush administration has authority to rehire retired workers to reduce a backlog of immigration applications that is preventing thousands of people from becoming U.S. citizens in time to vote in November's elections, a Democratic senator said. ...more

January 13, 2008

The Pasco County Health Department wants to help residents avoid the aches, blahs and fever from a highly infectious illness: the flu. ...more

October 10, 2007