The owners of the historic Kress Building are facing a litany of code violations for failing to fix up the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

December 19, 2008

Snowbirds coming back for the winter might want to know that restrictions on lawn watering continue to remain in effect. ...more

November 3, 2008

The lawn mower's whine disrupts the morning peace of Coconut Drive like an alarm clock no one remembers setting. It rises and falls and rises again, as the angry machine cuts across the front-lawn jungle of an attractive house with great location and move-in potential. ...more

September 29, 2008

Republican Matt Matey is taking on 24-year incumbent Ann Hildebrand and community activist Wil Nickerson in the party primary for the District 3 county commission race. The winner faces whoever prevails in the Democratic primary between Terri Conroy and Nicholas Planck. ...more

August 16, 2008

Pasco County's code enforcement division long has relied on residents to police their neighborhoods and call attention to abandoned cars, errant signs and other unauthorized activity. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Tampa Code Enforcement Division likely will start fining owners of two New Tampa houses that are in foreclosure and the subject of a lawsuit by a group of South Florida investors who say they were defrauded into overpaying for the houses. ...more

December 12, 2007

SEBRING — Three of Sebring's prominent residents have died within less than one week. Former Police Chief Lonnie Curl, 87, died Tuesday at his Sebring home. Former Police Chief Bob Baker attended Curl's funeral Friday and then died of a heart attack later that night. Former Postmaster Ray Graddy, 92, died Saturday. "To me Ray Graddy represents what the old pioneers of Sebring are all about," said Craig Johnson, a friend of Graddy. "He cared about his community, and he gave back." Johnson said Graddy was a nice man who always treated people well. ...more

November 20, 2007

Fines are continuing to mount for the owner of two commercial fishing boats left abandoned on the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs, behind Pelican Point Seafood two years ago. ...more

October 13, 2007