The community development district responsible for infrastructure maintenance in posh MiraBay neighborhoods is suing engineers and contractors involved in installing more than seven miles of vinyl sea wall along residential canals during the early days of subdivision construction. ...more

May 3, 2008

They're big, spiny and hungry and have chosen Boca Grande as home. ...more

May 2, 2008

My name is Randy Gilde. I live in Lake Placid and I am one of the owners of Highlands Greenhouse-Delray Plants. We are the proposed site for the ethanol plant in Venus. This opinion is written with all due respect to Hilary Swain and Archbold in response to her guest column in Saturday's paper. We have nothing but admiration for what they do and represent. We are a green industry and are also good stewards of the land the Lord has blessed us with. Although I am not as educated nor can I write as eloquently as Hilary, I would like to make some positive points about co-locating with the plant. ...more

February 13, 2008

If the process goes as Progress Energy hopes it will, a new nuclear power plant in Levy County will come online in 2016. ...more

January 10, 2008

When state regulators decided South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center could move to a new location, they disappointed area residents and a competitor that also hopes to build a new hospital in Riverview. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — Trotting through chutes in a cow pen, Hill-Gustat Middle School agriculture students got a close look Wednesday at the workings of a cattle ranch from the perspective of the cattle. Ranch Manager Bob Mayworth corralled teacher Rebekah Wills' students in the pens and separated the boys and girls for a weigh-in on a large livestock scale. Sliding the counter weights, Mayworth determined the boys weighed a total of 4,250 pounds. The lower number of girls, including two adults, weighed 2,870 pounds. Ranching has become a whole different business, he said. ...more

December 21, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

December 19, 2007

An Atlasjet plane crashed on a rocky mountain shortly before it was due to land in southwest Turkey on Friday, killing all 57 people on board, including a 6-week-old girl going to see her grandparents for the first time. ...more

December 1, 2007

Andy Potts said he felt, "out of sorts in the water," and Mirinda Carfrae said she, "froze on the bike and the run," which goes to show some folks aren't as bad off as they sound. ...more

November 10, 2007

Things could have been better Tuesday for Berkeley Prep golf coach Tom Shea. But not much better. ...more

October 24, 2007