Highlands County has heard the last of Eagle National Security Training Center, but Southern Farms owner Ron Grigsby isn't saying whether he'll sue or appeal. ...more

January 7, 2010

Pinellas Letters, Jan. 2 ...more

January 2, 2010

City staff's plan to bring bids for the Tarpon and Pinellas Avenue Lighting District project to the City Commission this week has been delayed until the middle of next month. ...more

December 19, 2009

City commissioners will mull over bids on the city's long-awaited downtown street lighting project at their next meeting, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at City Hall. ...more

December 12, 2009

The city's former landfill may someday be transformed into a sports complex, with baseball, football and soccer fields and other athletic amenities. The garbage dump at Disston Avenue and Meres Boulevard was active until 1983, when it was closed and capped. It is now used as the city's yard waste facility. ...more

December 5, 2009

By a 4-1 vote, former Highlands County Development Services Director James M. "Jim" Polatty Jr., was appointed by the Sebring City Council and will start work on Monday, Nov. 23 as the city's new planning and zoning director. ...more

November 19, 2009

All that stands in the way of the Meres Town Center project moving along according to schedule is an Army Corps of Engineers permit on the extension of Meres Boulevard from Alt. 19 to U.S. 19. ...more

October 31, 2009

On Tuesday, the Highlands County commissioners will consider awarding a $250,000 contract to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council. ...more

March 8, 2009

Jim Polatty is planning on leaving his job as director of development services for Highlands County. ...more

February 20, 2009

Private landfills have been banned in Highlands County for more than a decade, but that may change. ...more

January 21, 2009