A 77-year-old Avon Park man driving a Mercury Grand Marquis lost control of his vehicle Monday morning and took out two columns at the Highlands Independent Bank branch on Main Street in Avon Park. ...more

June 16, 2009

The building department has been bleeding money ever since the falloff in construction. ...more

March 14, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week. ...more

December 13, 2008

Pasco County Sheriff's Office Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week. ...more

December 12, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

These days, your boss can call you on your cell phone on your time off, maybe even over the weekend or while you're on vacation. ...more

June 1, 2008

They shut the doors with little warning about three months ago, laid off the managers and wait staff, and hung a "closed" sign outside the riverfront building. ...more

November 23, 2007

A day after three dozen dogs were removed from a Viva Villas home, the front door was left open, revealing a peek of the squalid conditions inside where until recently a trio of women lived. ...more

November 16, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Since condemnation notice proceedings were posted Tuesday on most buildings in his neighborhood, Francisco Garcia said it's time to move out. ...more

October 10, 2007