I would like to take this time to say many thanks to VFW Post 4300, American Legion Posts 74 and 25, AMVETS Post 21, DAV, Highlands County Sheriff's Department, Lake Placid ROTC, Avon Park ROTC, Shriners, City of Sebring, Lorida Fire Department, Elks Club, ANC Battery B SCT. Metz Avon Park, Highlands Band, Toby the Clown, just to name a few that supported the Veterans Day Parade this year. ...more

November 24, 2008

The very concept of a "crash tax" seemed repugnant a year ago. Then Amendment 1 passed, and city officials watched their tax revenues shrink by $400,000 this year. ...more

November 12, 2008

"The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange," by Mark Borrowcliffe (Soho Press, $25) ...more

November 9, 2008

The city's fire department wants to expand its reach into New Tampa with a new fire station off Bruce B. Downs Boulevard near County Line Road. ...more

November 5, 2008

Wednesday night was highlighted by a series of lasts for the Spring Hill Fire Rescue Board. ...more

October 23, 2008

Firefighters in Dunedin found and shut off a gas leak at Mease Dunedin Hospital this morning before any patients had to be evacuated. ...more

October 19, 2008

Voters might not get another chance to have their say on the fire district after Nov. 4. ...more

October 18, 2008

I may have come up with the perfect solution to the question "Should the Spring Hill Fire Rescue district become independent or merge with the county?" This is so simple; I am amazed that no one has ever thought of this before. ...more

October 16, 2008

With only 20 days left until the election, emotions are heating up in Spring Hill as voters prepare to cast a big vote on whether to keep their fire department under the rule of the county or make it independent. ...more

October 15, 2008

County attorney assures audience. ...more

October 15, 2008