Thousands of homeowners in Highlands County live along the 210 miles of county maintained, unpaved, shell roads. ...more

March 19, 2009

Two road projects in the Sebring area, starting Friday, will lead to detours for about two weeks. ...more

December 17, 2008

Construction of the sheriff's Law Enforcement building could be delayed for several months, and the county's construction of Phase Two of Sebring Parkway will be scaled back due to the nationwide economic downturn. ...more

November 21, 2008

Highlands County is building the Sebring Parkway around the city of Sebring. If House Bill 683 passes this will bring the parkway to a screeching halt. Highlands County is building the parkway with our own employees and road equipment. We are also building an asphalt plant at our Highlands County Landfill to run off methane gas that is just burning off now into the air now at the cost of $3 million. We are committed Gov. Crist to the greening of Florida. If this bill passes it will put our road and bridge crews out of work. This will ruin Highlands and other counties that due their own work. The Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida wants to bid out the work to them there by costing Highlands County millions of tax dollars. ...more

January 27, 2008

SARASOTA - A former Sarasota County employee claimed she was given the answers to a test that measured employees' ability to communicate in times of disaster. ...more

October 15, 2007