The city has discovered dozens of leaks in its troubled water system. ...more

January 16, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The city's utility department has rescinded its boil-water notice. ...more

January 8, 2008

A water main break on U.S. 19 early Thursday morning prompted the city to issue a boil water notice for some utility customers, officials said. ...more

January 4, 2008

PORT RICHEY - A water main break on U.S. 19 early this morning has prompted the city to issue a boil-water notice for municipal water customers who live north of the Westport subdivision, city officials said. ...more

January 3, 2008

SEBRING — Recreational opportunities and planning and creating a third popularly elected seat for the Sun 'n Lake Improvement District's Board of Supervisors dominate the platforms of the four candidates running for two seats in the coming elections. ...more

December 26, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When Brian Garry moved into his Bay Crest Park home in 1977, he and his children would fish for blue crabs off the dock in their backyard. ...more

December 20, 2007

City officials have been scratching their heads for weeks trying to figure out how this small municipality has been losing millions of gallons of water every month. ...more

December 17, 2007

LAKE PLACID — All 2,000 customers of the Town of Lake Placid Water System were mailed a "Drinking Water Warning" on Monday, but according to the notice and Gary Freeman, director of utilities, the town's drinking water is safe. Freeman told the town council at Monday's meeting that he failed to submit lead and copper sample results from June through September 2007, in time to meet an Oct. 10 deadline. ...more

December 13, 2007

AVON PARK — The Highlands County School Board will not have to pay for a reclaimed "gray water" pipe hook-up at Memorial Elementary School until the city's reclaimed water lines reach within 500 feet of the school. In a split 3-2 vote, the council accepted the compromise in the agreement. Council members Doug Eason and Brenda Gray cast the two dissenting votes. ...more

November 29, 2007

Ted Turner's men didn't flinch. As the price climbed past $8 million, $9 million, $9.5 million, they continued bidding at a rapid-fire pace. ...more

November 29, 2007