The county will negotiate a contract with Amber Costa for her to continue operating a food and beverage concession area at Stewy's Skate Park in Spring Hill. ...more

July 16, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Hillsborough County bikini bars over a county law restricting such businesses. ...more

April 30, 2009

A sheriff's deputy arrived at the house of a man with an arrest warrant Monday morning, only to have the suspect shove his bicycle at him and run away on foot, according to a report. ...more

March 18, 2009

A seven-day, countywide burn ban was implemented Tuesday by the Highlands County commissioners. ...more

March 18, 2009

A Seminole family is upset with the law after a neighbor's pit bull escaped from its yard and killed its puppy Saturday. ...more

March 10, 2009

Jack Mariano has a green thumb, but in this case it's for growing new concepts on sustainable sources of energy. ...more

February 25, 2009

Sarasota County will immediately change how it handles 911 calls as a result of an infant's death last month, when emergency workers were sent to an address 30 miles from the baby's home. ...more

February 11, 2009

Residents are battling a proposal for a borrow pit between U.S. 92 and Interstate 4, worried the heavy truck traffic could jeopardize students at five local schools. ...more

February 4, 2009

I was approaching the intersection on U.S. 27, where Wal-Mart is located, driving south. As I got closer to the stoplight I noticed people with orange vests on, circulating throughout stopped traffic (including me) with large white buckets that have signs attached to them. ...more

January 21, 2009

A city document obtained on Friday states that city officials have met as a workgroup to discuss its parking ordinance as it relates to a proposed Sam's Club in the Sebring Square Shopping Center, where the old Scotty's used to be. ...more

January 18, 2009