After a yearlong halt due to budget restrictions, Highlands County got back into resurfacing local roads Thursday morning. ...more

October 17, 2008

On Oct. 30, 2007, Highlands County Sheriff's deputies knocked on the door of Nelson Rodriguez, 549 Washington Place, in the middle-class Leisure Lakes subdivision west of Lake June In Winter. ...more

September 17, 2008

Edgar Stokes, chairman of the Highlands County commissioners, kicked off the county's investigation into spraying pesticides, by both airplanes and trucks, to battle the expected hordes of mosquitoes that will probably descend on the county in the wake of Fay and the three new tropical storms headed toward or near the Florida peninsula. ...more

September 3, 2008

Two emergency response officials called Tropical Storm Fay a "rehearsal" for Highlands County's efforts. The storm's winds were relatively mild, even though the rain was heavy enough to flood the southern and eastern areas of the county. ...more

August 24, 2008

Student attendance increased Wednesday after schools were closed Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Fay, which caused few problems in the district. ...more

August 21, 2008

Flood water isolated Paul Algor at his Leisure Lakes home Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

As Fay's winds fanned the flames and tried to blow down the walls, a doublewide manufactured home was destroyed by fire Tuesday, at 617 Serene Lane in Lorida. ...more

August 21, 2008

Overtime pay for the many Highlands County employees who did, or still are doing, extra duty to deal with Tropical Storm Fay will be by far the biggest cost to the county. ...more

August 21, 2008

After it made landfall in the Keys, Fay surged north off Florida's west coast. Then it made landfall a second time when entering the peninsula. Then slowed down. It sped up. It turned. ...more

August 21, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay has left widespread flooding in many parts of south Highlands County today as residents grapple with flooded yards, closed roads and at least two creeks that are past their flood stages. ...more

August 20, 2008