Shame On Sheriff What was Pasco County Sheriff Bob White going to do with the budget increases he's been seeking the past four years? Pay for all the good old boys who are, were and might be suspended. ...more

December 19, 2007

From West Shore Boulevard, the former Wenczel Tile property doesn't look that big. Or that contaminated. ...more

December 19, 2007

A Dover man who dumped about 35 tires on the east side of Kingsway Road in Thonotosassa was arrested Monday and charged with a felony count of littering, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 18, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office and other local officials decided Thursday to call off the landfill search for a baby or fetus disposed of into the trash by a Lake Placid woman. ...more

December 6, 2007

In the ongoing saga of whether Pasco County should approve at least the first phase of a proposed composting landfill in its eastern frontier, the time has come to add another anagram to the alphabet soup that so far has dominated the opposition. Thus, without delay, do we add MYOB - mind your own beeswax - to the thrum of NIMBY percussionists. ...more

December 5, 2007

SEBRING – If the Highlands County recycling program makes the community environmentally "green," then the county is a lot greener today. For the first time in four years, the drop-off recycling program is again accepting office paper and junk mail. "That is good news that we want to get out there," said Christy Reed, recycling program manager. "It opens up new possibilities to glean more revenue and, of course, up our (recycled) tonnage," she said. "More importantly, it's keeping materials – natural resources – out of the landfill that otherwise would be lost forever." ...more

December 3, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is resuming its search at the landfill this morning for a discarded baby or fetus. ...more

November 29, 2007

A question concerning the county's efforts at recycling: Has Hillsborough County stopped doing it? ...more

November 20, 2007

Laura Swain served for four years on the Hillsborough County Planning Commission, helping write the language for rural design standards. ...more

November 17, 2007

The day Pasco County commissioners opened the multimillion-dollar Shady Hills waste-to-energy plant, protesters lined the streets. ...more

October 21, 2007