If residents don't pay attention to outdoor burning regulations, then hefty fines up to $500 might light a fire under them to be more careful, county officials figure. ...more

January 10, 2009

A Tampa man was charged Thursday with illegally dumping household and yard debris along Taylor Road north of Plant City. ...more

November 7, 2008

People who don't live in the city who bring yard debris into city limits and clandestinely leaving it to be picked up with residents' trash be warned: There is a price on your heads. ...more

September 25, 2008

Nonresidents who are in the habit of bringing their yard debris into city limits and clandestinely leaving it to be picked up with residents' trash, be warned, there is a price on your heads. ...more

September 24, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pickup on a regular schedule. ...more

September 17, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pick-up on a regular schedule. On Sept. 9, City Council gave its OK to the new schedule, designed to cover the city on a regular, systematic manner similar to how trash collection works. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Sebring man with a commercial mowing business was free on $1,000 bail Monday, after he was booked on a warrant in connection with dumping yard debris on Sept. 7, 2007, on a county right of way, instead of hauling it to the dump. ...more

August 19, 2008

For years, residents have been able to drag grass cuttings, leaves, broken trees limbs and other yard debris to the end of their roads, knowing that someone would come around at least once a month to take it all away, free of charge. ...more

February 9, 2008

Gerald Fraser says two cars should fit in a two-car garage. "But a lot of people have garages that are full of junk," said Fraser, a Davis Islands resident who started his Hippo Trash hauling business in September. ...more

February 6, 2008

Protected by white jumpsuits and gloves, researchers still couldn't avoid the odor. They wrinkled their noses Tuesday in the name of science. ...more

September 19, 2007