The youth football saga in Zephyrhills just won't go away. The Zephyrhills Pasco Police Athletic League, ZPPAL, has appealed city council's split vote to give rival Zephyrhills Police Athletic League, or ZPAL, exclusive use of the city's Krusen Field. ...more

March 28, 2009

Former sanitation director Norman Graham tried for months to appeal his 2008 firing, so city officials were perplexed when he and his attorney were no-shows for the 1 p.m. hearing Thursday. ...more

March 27, 2009

Dade City will see a 50 percent increase in freight train traffic even if the state's commuter rail deal with CSX falls apart, a rail executive told city commissioners. ...more

March 26, 2009

Avon Park City Manager Sarah Adelt said Tuesday night she received a voice mail from Brian Koji, a city attorney and partner with Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A., that a lawsuit filed against her and the city is still pending. ...more

March 25, 2009

The city of Avon Park borrowed from itself, and this has the city's auditor concerned. ...more

March 25, 2009

Working boats tied up along the Sponge Docks is one of this city's most iconic images. Tuesday night, the City Commission decided to take a stab at implementing a fee that would keep all other vessels from docking in the prized slots along the Anclote River. ...more

March 21, 2009

On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community. ...more

March 14, 2009

On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community. It could be right around that time residents will decide whether the city will see an 85th anniversary. On Tuesday, City Council voted 3-2 to approve on second reading an ordinance calling for a referendum that will ask voters to decide whether the city will continue to exist or be dissolved and absorbed into unincorporated Pasco County. ...more

March 14, 2009

Fair warning Dade City - you might want to turn down your boom boxes, put away that table saw and wait a little later to crank up those lawn mowers. The city commission voted unanimously Tuesday to update its 35-year-old noise ordinance. ...more

March 12, 2009

Fair warning Dade City – you might want to turn down your boom boxes, put away that table saws and wait a little later to crank up those lawn mowers. The city commission voted unanimously Tuesday to update its 35-year-old noise ordinance. Dade City police have had a noise meter for years, but City Attorney Karla Owens said the old ordinance was so outdated it couldn't legally be enforced. ...more

March 11, 2009