SEBRING — David Flowers, director of county facilities management, is under investigation for sexually explicit, instant messages he exchanged on county computers with fired budget department employee Treasa Handley. Rick Helms, the assistant county administrator, is in charge of the investigation of Flowers, a former county commissioner who failed in his bid this week to become director of the county's new division of administrative services. ...more

January 31, 2008

Pasco County residents soon may turn in their older, water-consuming toilets for newer, more efficient models under a rebate program adopted recently. ...more

January 28, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners expect to have people filling all four of the new, top-level administrative positions that they created by March 15. Within two months, the county's top echelon of administrators will go from two to six. In addition to the current top two – the administrator and assistant administrator – Highlands County also will have four division directors, each reporting directly either to the administrator or assistant administrator. ...more

January 24, 2008

Mayor Hutch Brock started the discussion about the city manager search with a familiar refrain. ...more

January 23, 2008

Nine haulers may find themselves competing to keep doing business in Pasco County as commissioners consider converting to a franchise system for trash and recycling collections. ...more

January 17, 2008

Can recycling turn trash into gold? No, county officials said at a public workshop today. But the county should boost its recycling efforts as one step in the right direction since the county often has too much trash to burn at the Pasco County Resource Recovery Facility and must export the excess garbage. ...more

January 16, 2008

County commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to pay Tallahassee lawyer Jake Varn an additional $15,000 to push through a permit for the long-delayed Ridge Road extension project, for a total $255,000. ...more

January 11, 2008

Some Pasco County commissioners want to continue full speed ahead on the long-delayed plan to extend Ridge Road east to the Suncoast Parkway and beyond. ...more

January 8, 2008

Pasco County commissioners will turn to residents to suggest ways to tighten the belt more on the county budget during lean times. ...more

January 8, 2008

A tornado that ripped through the Land O' Lakes Jail complex off U.S. 41 early Sunday morning left behind at least $1.5 million in damage, initial estimates show. ...more

December 19, 2007