SEBRING — Here's the upshot of Tuesday's Highlands County Commission meeting: the Thunderbird Hills South wastewater treatment plant has operated without a Department of Environmental Protection permit since 2001, it needs hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of repairs, and by January, Highlands County may be forced by state law to take over. ...more

November 21, 2007

Even with a lower estimated cost on the waterfront Weaver property, a majority of the City Commission couldn't work up a lot of enthusiasm Thursday night about buying the land for a park. ...more

November 16, 2007

After about four years on the drawing board, a Lake Lisa Park project might start construction soon along Regency Park Boulevard. ...more

November 3, 2007

After the storms of 2004 ravaged homes in the Tiki Village mobile home park west of U.S. 19, elderly residents decided to do something to protect their properties. ...more

October 30, 2007

SEBRING –– Wallace and Lillian Pechtel wish they could open their home's windows to catch the cool winter breezes. But, living in the Thunderbird Hills South mobile home park, that's something they rarely can enjoy. "We very seldom open our windows in the winter months, because of the smell," Lillian said. Referring to the problem plagued Thunderbird Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant, she added, "We definitely have an odor problem and it needs to be fixed." Odors from the treatment plant are not constant, Lillian said, but when it does stink "it's as if we were living next to a pig farm, that's what the odor is like." ...more

October 29, 2007

Roof repairs for the historical Centro Espanol de West Tampa may have to wait a little longer. ...more

October 13, 2007

Regarding '3 Who Will Bring Bay Area's Past To Life' (front page, Sept. 11): ...more

September 14, 2007

Imagine Spanish conquistadors, Seminole Indians, cattle ranchers and cigar factory workers coming to life in one sparkling museum on the water in downtown Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2007