SEBRING — Michael Wright, the heir apparent to retiring Highlands County Administrator Carl Cool, will be offered a salary of $150,000 per year to become the county's new chief executive officer. The five county commissioners unanimously decided on Tuesday to offer Wright that salary, which would be about $14,000 above the salary of Cool, a county employee for more than 30 years, the past 17 as administrator. ...more

May 6, 2008

ounty Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre maintains she did nothing wrong when she kept candidate petition cards on top of her desk on the third floor government building. ...more

January 4, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Seems like everybody is stepping up to the plate and making five new playing fields at Lake June Park and Sports Complex a reality. ...more

December 18, 2007