the $495 million purchase of 61 miles of track for commuter rail near Orlando. ...more

December 23, 2009

Examine facts Many claim the science is in on man-caused global warming. I disagree completely. ...more

December 15, 2009

Special interests won the day in Tallahassee last week. For two years, a coalition of my Florida Senate colleagues demanded that the state Department of Transportation renegotiate a sweetheart deal with CSX Railroad for a new commuter-rail line around Orlando. ...more

December 13, 2009

From a distance, it's a 90-acre potential industrial site in a nearly barren northeast corner of Pasco County. Up close, says Ronnie Deese of Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, "It's like stepping into a Third World country." ...more

November 20, 2009

Railroad Street will be closed between Bowman Avenue and Center Avenue starting at 8 a.m. from Nov. 13-18, due to installation of underground utilities by KDL Underground, Inc., per jack and bore under the CSX railroad tracks at Center Avenue, for the construction of the Sebring Parkway Phase II project. ...more

November 13, 2009

A design review application before the Community Redevelopment Agency from the city's utilities department to complete construction of a pole barn at 454 N. Franklin St. may have opened up a can of worms. ...more

October 28, 2009

CSX railroad crossing repairs at two intersections along U.S. 41 North will require adjustments in bus schedules for five public schools this week. ...more

October 5, 2009

Railroad Street will be closed at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 between Bowman Avenue and Center Avenue until further notice, due to the installation of underground utilities by KDL Underground, Inc., per jack and bore under the CSX railroad tracks at Center Avenue for the construction of the Sebring Parkway Phase II project. ...more

August 5, 2009

Sunpure Road will be closed between U.S. 27 and Lake Damon Road at 8 a.m. today until further notice. ...more

March 10, 2009

Rescue workers are at the scene of a fatal train accident in Broward County. ...more

March 5, 2009