A portion of Kenilworth Boulevard (from Persimmon Avenue to Highlands Avenue-Sebring Parkway) will be closed for vehicular traffic from 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 until Monday, Jan. 5 due to the widening-reconstruction of Kenilworth Boulevard. Detour routes will be posted. Businesses within the closed portion of Kenilworth Boulevard will be accessible at all times during reconstruction. ...more

December 18, 2008

Project maps and video presentations on display Nov. 18 at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch impressed Judy Lambert of Brandon, but the traffic and development she witnessed on her way to Lithia astonished her. ...more

November 26, 2008

Kelly Cornelius didn't mince words at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch last week, where Hillsborough County put its plans to expand Lithia-Pinecrest Road to six lanes on the table. ...more

November 25, 2008

Project maps and video presentations on display Nov. 18 at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch impressed Judy Lambert of Brandon, but the traffic and development she witnessed on her way to Lithia astonished her. It had been 20 years since Lambert ventured that far south on Lithia-Pinecrest Road, the perpetually congested commuter route at the center of discussion that night at a Hillsborough County public workshop. ...more

November 20, 2008

The county has announced it is in the process of repaving the following roads: ...more

October 25, 2008

The temporary road closure that started Oct. 14 for the east bound movement on Kenilworth Boulevard, from Highlands Avenue to Marlow Avenue, will continue all throughout next week from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be detours posted. For further information contact the Highlands County Engineering Department at 402-6877. ...more

October 19, 2008

Starting today and possibly through the rest of the week, the east bound lane of Kenilworth Boulevard will be closed from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be detours posted. ...more

October 14, 2008

Arbuckle Creek overflowed after Tropical Storm Fay barreled through Highlands County, causing widespread flooding that placed several neighborhoods under more than a foot of water Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

All Placid Utility Water System customers in Tomoka Heights subdivision from Brentwood Drive north of the intersection of Tomoka Boulevard North to the intersection of Rosewood Drive North are being advised that their water is safe to drink again. ...more

August 15, 2008

Nearly 70 percent of the crashes on the main route through Istachatta involved motorists leaving the road. A majority occurred on a tricky curve that killed a motorcyclist three weeks ago. ...more

June 21, 2008