A Pinellas County school bus clipped an overhanging roof of a house while attempting to make a turn this morning, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

September 17, 2008

Teachers are on the lookout like never before at Gulf Middle School, watching how students conduct themselves, handing out tickets and daily taking names. ...more

September 17, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - If you're curious about the status of a code enforcement violation, the information is now just a few mouse clicks away. ...more

September 10, 2008

Traffic-light enforcement cameras are being installed at two intersections in Temple Terrace, according to a release from the city. ...more

September 8, 2008

People clinging to hope that the former Gary Adult School can be saved from the wrecking ball are hoping contractor John Simon follows through with his plan to develop the 1913 building as the centerpiece of a sports complex. ...more

July 26, 2008

So that's why the ice cream man is in such a good humor. Deputies say they cited the driver of the Hokey Pokey ice cream truck Thursday for possession of marijuana and a drug-smoking pipe. ...more

July 19, 2008

Deputies arrested the driver of the Hokey Pokey ice cream truck Thursday on a possession of marijuana charge. ...more

July 18, 2008

An area long targeted by litterbugs as an easy mark will soon have its own band of "Trash Troopers" ready to report anyone they see tossing debris from vehicles. ...more

July 12, 2008

SEBRING — Four hundred and seventeen traffic stops were made locally by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office during last week's statewide Move Over Enforcement Wave. ...more

July 5, 2008

AVON PARK — A 15-foot tall illegally built building, which was illegally used for citrus-related business in a residential neighborhood just north of this city, will probably have to be torn down or moved as the result of a ruling by the Highlands County Planning and Zoning Commission. Complaints from homeowners in the neighborhood just north of the city limits, off County Road 17-A, led to Highlands County Code Enforcement citing the owner for numerous violations. The most serious citations were building the building without a building permit, putting an industrial building in a residential neighborhood, and running a business operation in a residentially zoned tract of homes. ...more

June 13, 2008