A Christmas tree is a symbol of holiday giving, and this year, two area agencies are using traditional tree ornaments to provide help for people in need. ...more

December 9, 2009

In 2006, at the peak of the building boom, 1,752 building permits were issued for single-family, multi-family and mobile homes in Highlands County. ...more

February 11, 2009

No blemishes were found in the daily operations and bookkeeping of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, according to an audit by an independent accounting firm. ...more

January 7, 2009

Among the books about bullying being written these days is one written by the mother-daughter team of Madonna Wise and her daughter, Rachel. ...more

November 2, 2008

Incumbent Doug Belden says he has spent his 10 years as tax collector streamlining the office by purchasing new computers, cross-training employees and cutting unnecessary costs. ...more

October 19, 2008

PALM HARBOR -- The Parrot Head Day Festival will go on as planned, next weekend, but it was a close call. Lesley Klein, a co-founder of the event and an Old Palm Harbor Main Street board member, said a lack of sponsors almost forced cancellation of the 2008 Parrot Head Day. ...more

May 31, 2008

In January 2006, the Florida Department of Transportation hit a snag negotiating a nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation, so then-DOT Secretary Denver Stutler turned to a longtime rail industry executive for advice. ...more

January 23, 2008

Regarding 'Generous Gift To Kids' Museum Shows Bighearted Side Of Glazers' (Our Opinion, Oct. 21) and 'You've Given Us Big Bucs, But Not Big Bucks' by Daniel Ruth (Metro, Oct. 20): ...more

October 28, 2007

Florida officials decided four years ago that the state needed to do more with its transportation taxes than build highways. The railroads, they said, should get some of the money, too. ...more

September 19, 2007

Florida officials decided four years ago that the state needed to do more with its transportation taxes than build highways. The railroads, they said, should get some of the money, too. ...more

September 18, 2007