Pressure mounted Monday to stop destruction of a 19th-century house on Egmont Key. ...more

June 2, 2009

The U.S. Air Force, a high-tech wonder of precision missiles and pilotless surveillance drones, is looking for a few good falcons. ...more

November 9, 2008

Town 'N Country area residents are advised to avoid Sweetwater Creek and the area where it flows into Tampa Bay for the next few days, after a large sewage spill Sunday. ...more

October 13, 2008

A broken sewer line has spilled about 300,000 gallons of sewage into Sweetwater Creek in the Town N' Country area and residents are warned to avoid contact with the creek and where it flows into Tampa Bay for the next several days. ...more

October 12, 2008

Methane gas from the county's northwest landfill will soon be converted to electricity ...more

September 4, 2008

Don't flush your money down your toilet, Pasco County officials are urging residents. Rebates up to $100 have arrived for Pasco Utilities customers who replace old toilets with water-sipping, low-flow models. ...more

August 21, 2008

Don't flush your money down your toilet, Pasco County officials are urging residents. Rebates up to $100 finally have arrived for Pasco Utilities customers who replace old toilets with water-sipping, low-flow models. ...more

August 13, 2008

Three Hillsborough County employees are suspected of selling parts off county firetrucks and pocketing the money, County Administrator Pat Bean said Thursday. ...more

June 27, 2008

LAKELAND - A hazardous materials team is working to contain a 200-gallon hydrochloric acid spill at a Lakeland plant. The spill occurred about 7 a.m. at Parada Processing, located at 1248 George Jenkins Blvd. The Lakeland Fire Department, which responded first, sought help from Polk County's Hazmat team. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County will save $41,000 on the new traffic signal at Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard by having county crews do the project in-house. County commissioners approved the county's Road and Bridge Department and traffic department doing the job, with supervision by the county engineer's staff. The total project will cost $140,000, county Engineer Ramon Gavarrete told the commissioners Tuesday. That is more than $41,000 less than the cost of $181,427 to have a private contractor do the job, Gavarrete said. ...more

May 27, 2008