City employees have not received pay raises for two years, but they all will get a nice little stocking stuffer in their next paychecks. ...more

December 10, 2009

He's asked City Commissioners to approve a $250 Christmas bonus for all full-time employees; part-time workers would get $125. The bonuses would cost the city $20,750. ...more

December 7, 2009

He won't be dressing up in a red suit, but City Manager Billy Poe hopes to play Santa this year for employees who have gone two years without a pay raise. ...more

December 5, 2009

A 77-year-old Avon Park man driving a Mercury Grand Marquis lost control of his vehicle Monday morning and took out two columns at the Highlands Independent Bank branch on Main Street in Avon Park. ...more

June 16, 2009

The building department has been bleeding money ever since the falloff in construction. ...more

March 14, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week. ...more

December 13, 2008

Pasco County Sheriff's Office Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week. ...more

December 12, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

These days, your boss can call you on your cell phone on your time off, maybe even over the weekend or while you're on vacation. ...more

June 1, 2008

They shut the doors with little warning about three months ago, laid off the managers and wait staff, and hung a "closed" sign outside the riverfront building. ...more

November 23, 2007