When the cash cow of ever-increasing property values stuffed county coffers like the California Gold Rush, top-level county administrators and department mangers bathed in the excess with double-digit pay hikes and out-of-control spending. ...more

July 27, 2008

When George Sebring bought 9,000 acres in 1911 to build his town, not even a sand trail ran south from Avon Park. ...more

July 27, 2008

An undated photo of him in glasses and a full mustache benignly keeps watch in the lobby of the Sebring Chamber of Commerce building on the Sebring Circle. A buff-colored historic building that squats on North Ridgewood Drive, a few blocks away, bears his name on a sign that only those who look up notice. ...more

July 27, 2008

There are changes afoot for Pinellas County's Brooker Creek Preserve. ...more

June 7, 2008

A three-year restoration project within the Starkey Wilderness Preserve will restore 951 acres of uplands, officials at Southwest Florida Water Management District said. ...more

May 24, 2008

What do we have to do to get some action on Little Lake Jackson? We have constructed an alum plant for $300,000 to clear up Little Lake Jackson. ...more

September 17, 2007