SEBRING –– Bud and Hilda Speaks, ages 85 and 84, will celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary on Feb. 13. ...more

December 18, 2007

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suncoast has paired with its neighbor on Congress Street, the Volunteer Way food bank, for a new "Animeals" food assistance program for pet owners. ...more

November 17, 2007

SPOTLIGHTING: The Volunteer Way, a New Port Richey-based charity that's helping 17,000 families throughout Central Florida and 5,500 families in Pasco County with food to supplement what they can afford to buy. The nonprofit group also assists low-income seniors who are homebound, the Pasco Pregnancy Center, a domestic violence shelter, people with mental disabilities and most other charities in the county. ...more

November 10, 2007

State House members approved a new rendition of their property tax proposal Monday, while the chamber across the Capitol remained dark without a guarantee of reopening this session. ...more

October 23, 2007

SEBRING — Gov. Charlie Crist and the Senate are ready to approve a property tax cut package, but legislators took a weekend break on Thursday because House leaders don't think the reform plan helps enough taxpayers. Crist is pushing the House to approve a four-year, $11 billion property tax cut plan already passed by the Senate. The House plan would cost the state $14 billion over four years. It contains exemptions for businesses, vacation homes and rental property. "House members would like to discuss and debate and explore this and give it time to fully vet all those ideas," said Rep. Baxter Troutman, R-Winter Haven. He represents Avon Park. ...more

October 20, 2007

Schools would lose $2 billion over the next four years from a property tax-cut plan that zoomed ahead on Monday toward a final vote in the state House and Senate later this week. ...more

October 16, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Schools would lose $2 billion over the next four years from a property tax-cut plan that zoomed ahead on Monday toward a final vote in the state House and Senate later this week. ...more

October 15, 2007

The state's new plan to cut property taxes offers a pittance of the savings homeowners would have realized under the original proposal. ...more

October 12, 2007

SEBRING — Raymond McIntyre is unwilling to speculate on exactly what the Florida Legislature might do later this week, but his best guess is that the superexemption proposal is politically dead, and that the governor's idea to double homestead exemptions is finally going to pass. ...more

October 11, 2007

Legislative leaders say they have agreed to remain in special session until October 22 to try to cut property taxes. ...more

October 10, 2007