The giant Confederate flag at Interstates 4 and 75 will be replaced with a larger version. ...more

October 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Imagine School at Land O' Lakes is barely more than a month old, but it is a school in transition. ...more

September 27, 2008

Eight shop owners in the Hyde Park Village shopping center have been ordered to move out of their shops within 30 days, and the center's owner says new tenants for the spaces will be announced soon. ...more

September 18, 2008

A landowner and developer wants the option to construct a big box retail store on property along this area's major corridor. ...more

September 17, 2008

Here are some of the proposed requirements: Landscaping: Parking lots with more than 7,500 square feet would be required to add trees and shrubbery along perimeters. Parking lots with less square footage than that would not have to add landscaping but would be required to install a 3-foot-high fence. ...more

September 17, 2008

I want to applaud the Avon Park City Council members for looking at making the hard decisions. I think it's interesting that it has almost come full circle in the fact that people have forgotten that we live in a small city, but it looks like some people had visions of expanding greatly, which has caused some of our fiscal issues in addition to lower revenues coming in. Even though I might not always agree with George Hall, I applaud him for saying the hard facts at the council meeting. ...more

September 5, 2008

You might call it the latest in multilevel marketing. Publix Treasure Island, the supermarket chain's newest store on Gulf Boulevard, features a second-floor grocery store perched atop a ground-level parking lot. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners have rezoned nearly 2,000 acres just north of Hillsborough River State Park to be the county's first environmental planned community. ...more

August 27, 2008

Fire investigators are investigating a blaze that erupted in the bathroom of a cottage apartment in St. Petersburg this afternoon. ...more

August 26, 2008

With the opening of two new model homes at the popular golf community of BridgeWater last weekend, the builders at Highland Homes are confident their latest venture will be a success. ...more

August 25, 2008