The Meals on Wheels of Lake Placid received a cash infusion Monday when Harold Owen, District 8 director with the Glades Electric Roundup Trust, turned over a $3,500 check for its food grant program. ...more

March 4, 2009

Hillsborough Community College is getting nearly $500,000 from the federal Department of Labor for training in advanced manufacturing using the Internet or other electronic methods. It was one of 20 projects picked from a pool of 193 applicants. ...more

January 15, 2009

Third-grader Paige Harrar has gone to the driving range to hit golf balls, but that was before she knew about "tick tock." ...more

December 17, 2008

Third-grader Paige Harrar has gone to the driving range to hit golf balls, but that was before she knew about "tick tock." ...more

December 17, 2008

Highlands County residents serving in the military will get a $75 grant from county government for every month of duty in a combat zone. ...more

November 20, 2008

The city's new grant program designed to bring more business downtown is drawing criticism about its fairness and timing. ...more

November 1, 2008

With thousands of foreclosed houses littering its landscape, Pasco County is eligible for nearly $20 million in federal aid - the fifth-highest grant in Florida. ...more

October 18, 2008

A Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency façade grant helped Larry and Rachel Moore add a back deck and driveway to their Rose Avenue home they purchased about three years ago. ...more

September 9, 2008

Port Richey City Council will meet Wednesday. ...more

August 26, 2008

Four of the five Highlands County commissioners are leaning toward letting voters decide in the November general election whether they want to pay an extra 2/10ths of 1 mill in property tax to fund purchase of conservation lands. ...more

July 9, 2008