The Jerome Brown Community Center could one day be the new home of the Hernando County Enrichment Center - and a hurricane shelter for special needs residents. ...more

August 26, 2008

Monday is the first day of school in Hillsborough County, and parents may call a school transportation hot line if they don't know where their children will catch the bus. ...more

August 14, 2008

Steve Bastardi wondered whether the competitive bidding process should have been used when fellow council members outvoted him to spend $25,000 for grass surfacing at Lake June ball fields. ...more

August 13, 2008

Once a cop, always a cop? While his days as a police officer are long behind him, Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright used an old police trick to not only find an unknown suspect but also to get him to immediately admit his guilt. ...more

August 12, 2008

The Highlands County Tourist Development Council has agreed to help develop a marketing strategy for the Highlands County Sports Complex in Sebring. ...more

August 10, 2008

So far this summer, only three scuba divers have paid the $25 per day, weekend/holiday user fee to use the county's 40-foot wide, shell road that serves as the only public access to Lake Denton. ...more

August 7, 2008

The All People's Life Center has received the Karen Jacobs Outstanding Accessible Places for People Award from the Hillsborough County Alliance for Citizens With Disabilities. ...more

July 28, 2008

IN THIS CORNER ...more

July 25, 2008

Rocky Ellingsworth, who was fired July 2 as the Highlands County Sports Complex manager, lost his appeal of his termination. ...more

July 23, 2008

The dog days of summer may be here, but by Aug. 1, pigskins will be flying across MacDugal Park. ...more

July 23, 2008