Barbara Stewart, chairman of the Highlands County commissioners, called for greater emphasis on planning, efficiency, accountability and oversight in county government as she spoke to the Highlands County Homeowners Association Monday morning. ...more

December 9, 2008

The Community Redevelopment Agency voted Monday to take a couple of weeks and digest proposed land use changes for the downtown CRA district, a first step in submitting a major Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Sebring City Council. ...more

November 29, 2008

Hours after he was recognized on the field at Saturday's Bulls game as Homecoming Lord, Alejandro "Alex" Solis was in an accident that ended his life. ...more

October 22, 2008

I am a soldier in Iraq. I have walked the streets of many a village and seen oppression with my own eyes. I am actively engaged in building self-worth into a country that has been enslaved for decades. I am one of many teaching the citizens of Iraq what it means to be free. ...more

October 14, 2008

Health and Human Services Director Jean Rags is confident Hernando County will get a chunk of the federal block grant money earmarked for housing relief, even though the county does not meet certain population parameters. ...more

October 10, 2008

The Circle was transformed into a quaint, eye-pleasing and functional park in 1985 and now more color and improvements are proposed in downtown Sebring's focal point. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Avon Park Wal-Mart will open next week. So, will traffic get better in front of the Sebring Wal-Mart? ...more

August 8, 2008

City commissioners have approved a comprehensive plan amendment to allow development of the 1,009-acre Cone-Graham tract. ...more

July 23, 2008

John Hedrick's recent guest column, "Hometown Democracy Returns Power To Citizens" (Other Views, June 26), peddles the popular myth that the "Hometown Democracy" amendment will give power to the people. ...more

July 5, 2008

It's unfortunate that legislation establishing Florida's first tower crane regulations collapsed because of a dispute over whether counties should have the right to adopt tougher standards. ...more

June 12, 2008