Three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Brooke Bennett, a native of Plant City, is nearly recovered from a serious auto accident that resulted in multiple fractures to her pelvis. ...more

December 16, 2009

Three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Brooke Bennett, a native of Plant City, is nearly recovered from a serious auto accident that resulted in multiple fractures to her pelvis. ...more

December 16, 2009

With village entryway makeovers nearly completed, community leaders have set their sights on sprucing up street signs peppering Tampa Palms Areas 1 and 2. ...more

October 21, 2009

Paradise just got better, said Lino Rosario Gonzalez. Delaney Heights, an elderly and disabled community in Avon Park where Gonzalez has lived for more than three years, will receive long-needed improvements as the recipient of $294,648 in federal stimulus money. The Delaney Heights housing project is part of the Avon Park Housing Authority. ...more

March 31, 2009

Help has finally arrived, at least for two people. County commissioners Wednesday approved bid awards paving the way for rehabilitation work to get under way for residents Barbara Coral and Curtis Niles to get improvements done on their houses. ...more

January 15, 2009

Anquan Boldin says he won't give his injured hamstring a serious test until just before kickoff of the Cardinals' divisional playoff game at Carolina on Saturday night. ...more

January 9, 2009

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins' self-styled economic stimulus program will be expanded a second time to try and drum up interest in the community. ...more

November 29, 2008

Traffic headaches begin today for Tampa Bay-area beachgoers headed to Anna Maria Island because for the next month and a half, a main bridge to the island will be closed for construction. ...more

September 29, 2008

AVON PARK — The Housing Authority of Avon Park's plans to acquire Ridgedale Apartments have stalled after the complex's owners balked at the possibility of paying a penalty for dissolving its contract with another management company, authority Executive Director Larry Shoeman said. According to Shoeman, Columbus, Ohio-based Ridgedale LLC needed to make the housing authority the property manager during the rehabilitation work that will be needed for the 36-unit project. To do that, however, Ridgedale needed to ditch its current management company, according to their contract. "The management is not willing to terminate the agreement without a penalty," Shoeman told the Housing Authority of Avon Park's Board of Commissioners Wednesday evening. "We're at an impasse at this point." ...more

June 22, 2008

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to pay for the entire Honeymoon Island beach restoration project, Pinellas County staff informed the County Commission today. ...more

January 8, 2008