Daytime temperatures hovered around 60 today, but it will be much cooler for the tree lighters and carolers ushering in the holiday season tonight. ...more

November 27, 2009

Is your home built with Chinese drywall? What is being done about it? ...more

June 9, 2009

Highlands Ridge is bordered south and east by an orange grove that has developed into a major fire hazard. View for yourself by going to the intersection of Power Line Road and Martin Luther King Road. The orchard has not been a producer for a number of years. The trees are dead and the weeds between the rows are 3-4 feet high. One spark in this area would be disastrous. ...more

March 14, 2009

Bright House Networks officials say Verizon technicians are leaving wires loose in cable TV boxes at customer homes, posing an electrocution and fire hazard. And they're asking state officials to step into the dispute. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA -- Bright House Networks officials say Verizon technicians are leaving wires loose in cable TV boxes at customer homes, posing an electrocution and fire hazard. And they're asking state officials to step into the dispute. Verizon officials say the issue is blown out of proportion. ...more

December 11, 2008

Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows. ...more

September 28, 2008

In an effort to rid the area of litter that could harm wildlife and affect water quality, a call has gone out for volunteers to help clean up neighborhoods in the 33618 ZIP code area of Carrollwood on Saturday. ...more

July 16, 2008

In an effort to rid the area of litter that could harm wildlife and affect water quality, a call has gone out for volunteers to help clean up neighborhoods in the 33618 ZIP code area of Carrollwood on Saturday. ...more

July 16, 2008

Kay Morse began a campaign in 1993 to save the former Jefferson High School building on Highland Avenue. ...more

February 9, 2008

SEBRING — Downtown Sebring has had three major commercial fires in three months, two of which destroyed buildings from the 1920s. Sebring Fire Chief Brad Batz said the wood structures of many of the city's older buildings can lead to large-scale fires. "The wood itself is not a fire hazard but if it is ignited, the old wood is so dry that it burns really hot and really fast," Batz said. The Jan. 17 fire that destroyed the assembly area of Park Place Truss, located at 454 Park St., is still under investigation. The building may have been the oldest structure in Sebring and was previously used as a lumber yard. ...more

January 23, 2008