Federal environmental officials have given Pasco County a checklist of 10 items to complete in hopes of moving forward with the permitting of the county's long-sought eastern extension of Ridge Road. ...more

January 4, 2009

Garbage pickup and closures over the New Year period are as follows: There will be no garbage pickup in the city of Avon Park and the city of Sebring on Thursday, Jan. 1. Thursday's pickup will be today. Friday will be as normal. Garbage pickup in the County is as follows: Pickup will not be normal hours; Thursday, Jan. 1 pickup will be on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Friday Jan. 2 pickup will remain the same. ...more

December 31, 2008

Garbage pick up over the Christmas period will be as follows: In the city of Sebring, Avon Park and Highlands County, there will be no pick up on Thursday, Dec. 25. Thursday's pick up will be on Wednesday, Dec. 24; regular schedule will resume on Friday, Dec. 26. ...more

December 24, 2008

DADE CITY - "Polar Express" will be the final "movie in the park" for 2008. The 2004 animated feature, to be shown Saturday, tells the story of a boy who boards a magical train destined for the North Pole. ...more

December 17, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on four-laning the eastern end of Ridge Road. State transportation officials were scheduled to reveal their proposed five-year transportation budget for Pasco at 10 a.m. today, when the county's metropolitan planning organization was to meet at the historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. ...more

December 11, 2008

Entering the football stadium on Pasco High's campus, high on the clay-colored bricks, the black letters announce the name of the venue: "W.F. Edwards Stadium." ...more

December 4, 2008

At its meeting tonight, the City Council will discuss and possibly select a temporary replacement for Councilman Dan Andrews, who was suspended indefinitely last week by Gov. Charlie Crist, after being arrested on three felony charges. ...more

December 2, 2008

The Hail Mary was batted down. The last desperate attempt by the Nature Coast Technical High football booster club to save the Sharks' season ended Friday afternoon at the Hernando County Courthouse. ...more

November 22, 2008

Less than a month after a state judge affirmed their permit, the developers of Wesley Chapel's first hospital have submitted the construction plans for county review. ...more

November 19, 2008

Next time you're driving around Highlands County, look around. There are signs everywhere of Bert Harris and the late Sam Polston, said their friends, Don Bates and Claude Howerton. But those signs are subtle. ...more

November 14, 2008