With the city manager application deadline approaching, Kathy Bennett, Avon Park's human resource specialist, received two more applications Monday morning. ...more

January 5, 2010

On Oct. 9, my whole life seemed to fit in the back of my Jeep. I was traveling light. I left my family, friends and world as I knew it behind- to move to Sebring. ...more

January 2, 2010

Tampa officials want to replace a majority of the obsolete single space meters with state-of-the-art kiosks where motorists can swipe credit and debit cards to pay for parking. ...more

December 30, 2009

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 28, 2009

For more than a decade, Tampa's old federal courthouse has sat dormant. ...more

December 25, 2009

Items of interest at the Dec. 14 city commission meeting included: •The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to add a turn/straight lane on northbound Alexander Street at Baker Street. A survey taken in September supported the need for an extra turn lane during times of high traffic flow. ...more

December 23, 2009

City council members recently approved a fee reimbursement program to bolster commercial development here. ...more

December 23, 2009

City officials plan to ease flooding in the Channel District with an $8.7 million stormwater project that will build an underground vault for water storage beneath York Street. Pipes also will be installed under Washington Street, near a planned small park. ...more

December 23, 2009

City staff's plan to bring bids for the Tarpon and Pinellas Avenue Lighting District project to the City Commission this week has been delayed until the middle of next month. ...more

December 19, 2009

A pond-sized underground vault eventually will store runoff water in the Channel District, easing flooding of area roads. No construction timetable is set. ...more

December 18, 2009