Trash hauling fees for Pasco County homeowners could go up to $12.44 a month, if county commissioners approve an increase proposed Tuesday morning. ...more

December 3, 2008

Highlands County is predicted to have temperatures in the low 30s tonight, with the wind chill reaching as low as the upper 20s, according to Highlands County Emergency Management. ...more

November 18, 2008

Next time you're driving around Highlands County, look around. There are signs everywhere of Bert Harris and the late Sam Polston, said their friends, Don Bates and Claude Howerton. But those signs are subtle. ...more

November 14, 2008

The new signs reflecting the renaming of the Highlands County Agri-Civic Center in honor of two of the county's early agricultural leaders will be unveiled in a ceremony at 11 a.m. today. ...more

November 13, 2008

Although the sign still says it is the Highlands County Agri-Civic Center, the name of the Sebring building that houses offices and hosts meetings and events has been changed. ...more

September 23, 2008

SEBRING —Two of Highlands County's early agricultural pioneers in the citrus industry will have their names names written posthumously on the outside and inside of the Agri-Civic Center on George Boulevard. The old Highlands County Agri-Civic Center will be renamed the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Agricultural Center, if county Commissioner Don Bates' motion is approved at today's county commission meeting. In the same motion, expected to pass unanimously with no opposition, the commissioners also will rename the auditorium inside the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Agricultural Center the Sam Poltson Memorial Museum. The auditorium is the main meeting ...more

June 16, 2008

The developers of Denton Oaks filed a lawsuit late Tuesday claiming Pasco County leaders violated their property rights by delaying approval then limiting the number of houses on 40 acres off Denton Avenue. ...more

May 8, 2008

Three years after submitting plans, the developer of Denton Oaks has won approval to build 78 homes on 39 acres off Denton Avenue. ...more

May 5, 2008

After buying a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover detective on Dec. 19, two Bradenton men offered to pay $148,000 for a total of seven installments, Tampa police said. ...more

December 29, 2007

TAMPA – Luego de inspeccionar un kilogramo de cocaína el 19 de diciembre y nombrándola de "buena calidad", dos hombres de Brandenton que compraron el paquete a un detective encubierto le ofrecieron pagar $148,000 en siete pagos, de acuerdo al Departamento de la Policía de Tampa. ...more

December 28, 2007