Two voters who filed a lawsuit to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters abandoned their claim Wednesday. ...more

July 10, 2008

Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 2 storm. ...more

July 9, 2008

A loophole in county law allows developers wanting to clear land a way to do so without regard to endangered or threatened species. Our county should close this loophole immediately, and make sure no one can skirt the law when it comes to our environment. ...more

July 9, 2008

A loophole in county law allows developers wanting to clear land a way to do so without regard to endangered or threatened species. Our county should close this loophole immediately, and make sure no one can skirt the law when it comes to our environment. ...more

July 9, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Walt Disney World has fired a guard who challenged the theme park on a new state law allowing gun owners to keep firearms in their cars while at work. ...more

July 8, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World believes it is exempt from a new state law that allows Florida residents to keep firearms in their vehicles while at work. ...more

July 3, 2008

A lawsuit seeking to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters is holding up the mailing of 10,000 absentee ballots. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEBRING — It's a frequent situation for developers in Highlands County. They have a property more than two acres in size that they want to develop, so they need to clear it. Theoretically, they're supposed to complete an environmental impact report, have the property inspected to make sure there are no sensitive natural resources or protected wildlife there. According to multiple officials, however, that's not happening in some cases. Instead, a loophole in the county's law allows those developers to develop just less than two acres at a time, allowing them to bypass the environmental inspections and requiring only a simple permit from the county. Ultimately, this allows them to get away with bulldozing over gopher tortoises and other threatened animals since the state cannot perform inspections. ...more

July 2, 2008

Every day, the small camera at the crossroads of Ridge Road and U.S. 19 catches at least a dozen red-light runners passing through the busy intersection. ...more

July 2, 2008

Abuse of fireworks in Pasco County yards usually lights the fuses on tempers of area residents every Fourth of July. ...more

July 1, 2008