SEBRING — Michael Wright, the heir apparent to retiring Highlands County Administrator Carl Cool, will be offered a salary of $150,000 per year to become the county's new chief executive officer. The five county commissioners unanimously decided on Tuesday to offer Wright that salary, which would be about $14,000 above the salary of Cool, a county employee for more than 30 years, the past 17 as administrator. ...more

May 6, 2008

A week after test results showed that at least six private irrigation wells in the Azalea neighborhood are contaminated with industrial waste from the Raytheon defense plant, officials with the state's Department of Environmental Protection met with residents to hear their concerns. ...more

May 5, 2008

Three years after submitting plans, the developer of Denton Oaks has won approval to build 78 homes on 39 acres off Denton Avenue. ...more

May 5, 2008

When county commissioners meet Tuesday to discuss revenue-saving options, they are almost certain to tear apart each department budget looking to trim fat. ...more

February 20, 2008

When county commissioners meet Tuesday to discuss revenue-saving options, they are almost certain to tear apart each department budget looking to trim fat. ...more

February 19, 2008

SEBRING – Sebring attorney Jim McCollum said people who don't think about the future will be stuck in the past. McCollum, who has been practicing law in Sebring for 35 years, thought ahead by bringing in two attorneys. Mia Mancinelli and J.L. Perez joined the firm last year. The firm will be known as McCollum, Mancinelli and Perez P.L. Mancinelli and Perez are considered members, which McCollum described as the "functional equivalent" of a partner. "I realized what a great job these guys had done and thought it was appropriate to put their names on the door," McCollum said. ...more

February 10, 2008

The developer of a town house project in the works since at least 2004 is asking a judge to intervene in a dispute with county officials over a park. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Hillsborough County Commission has directed the county attorney to draw up an ordinance allowing the placement of surveillance cameras at county intersections. If approved, public hearings would be scheduled, perhaps within a month. ...more

January 26, 2008