Residents of an Avon Park neighborhood spoke against a developer's proposed 76-unit duplex rental community, at an Avon Park Planning and Zoning Board meeting Tuesday night. ...more

December 12, 2009

Residents of an Avon Park neighborhood spoke against a developer's proposed 76-unit duplex rental community, at an Avon Park Planning and Zoning Board meeting Tuesday night. ...more

December 10, 2009

A petition that gathered well over 400 signatures accomplished its desired goal Nov. 17, prompting the city council to vote unanimously for slowing traffic at a local intersection. ...more

November 27, 2009

A petition that gathered well over 400 signatures accomplished its desired goal Tuesday night, prompting City Council to vote in unanimous support for slowing traffic at a local intersection. ...more

November 21, 2009

Concerned citizens and Major Shirley Johnson, of Avon Park's Correctional Institution, are hosting a Veterans Day event at Southside Veterans Garden, also known as the "old triangle," in Avon Park. ...more

November 11, 2009

and use of the waterfront - were compared to St. Petersburg's. ...more

October 28, 2009

Don McRae, one of the most formidable black leaders in St. Petersburg history – and sometimes one of its most controversial – died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78. ...more

March 16, 2009

The Avon Park City Council voted after a public hearing Monday night to meet once a month. ...more

March 11, 2009

To save money, the Avon Park City Council voted 3-2 Monday to hold only one council meeting per month. ...more

February 25, 2009

The city's Community Redevelopment Agency Board agreed with City Manager Sarah Adelt that one person should be hired to direct the city's CRAs. ...more

February 24, 2009