Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pick-up on a regular schedule. On Sept. 9, City Council gave its OK to the new schedule, designed to cover the city on a regular, systematic manner similar to how trash collection works. ...more

September 17, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pickup on a regular schedule. ...more

September 17, 2008

Despite threatening clouds from the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav, more than a dozen hot rod and antique car owners cruised to the Bungalow Bistro, 5137 N. Florida Ave., on Aug. 31 for its first Hot Rod and Antique Car Show. ...more

September 10, 2008

The passage of Hurricane Ike through the Gulf of Mexico, on its projected path to strike the Texas-Louisiana border this weekend, will bring high surf along the coastline and change the Bay area's weather over the next few days. ...more

September 9, 2008

The passage of Hurricane Ike through the Gulf of Mexico, starting Tuesday, will change Bay area weather, but most of the storm's effects will be along the coast. ...more

September 8, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay brought Lake Jackson up more than half a foot, according to a reading of the lake's gauge, and the storm partially restored several other county lakes whose levels dropped several feet after two years of drought. ...more

August 24, 2008

Serendipity is preparing for a powerful storm the day before school starts and, when the storm arrives, finding it's little more than a great opportunity to windsurf. ...more

August 19, 2008

Rain continues to drench every corner of Polk County, but emergency management officials have shut down their operations. ...more

August 19, 2008

SEBRING - As Tropical Storm Fay tracks further to the east, the National Weather Service predicted 11:15 a.m. Tuesday that six to 10 inches of rain could be dumped on the county before Fay leaves the area, with even more in some spots. The gauge at the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center south of Sebring measured 2.87 inches of rain fell since the storm's outer bands reached the county. ...more

August 19, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay is expected to remain a tropical storm – but just barely -- until it reaches the Florida mainland about 8 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 18, 2008