Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows. ...more

September 28, 2008

The Port Richey City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to interview potential members for the city's proposed Charter Review Committee. The committee would study the charter, the document that makes Port Richey a city and specifies how it operates, and recommend any changes the committee believed are needed. Council would then have to decide whether to ask city voters to approve any proposed charter changes. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board will hear Wal-Mart's request to amend the site plan for the retailer's proposed 203,077-square-foot Supercenter on U.S. 19 near Beckett Way. ...more

September 22, 2008

The city will demolish a nearly 70-year-old abandoned house where police found a woman's badly decomposed body in March. ...more

September 19, 2008

there have been a number over the last three decades or so - has faded. ...more

September 17, 2008

AVON PARK - Avon Park took Sebring's side in its mounting turf war with Sun 'n Lake's water utilities, asking the county to refuse Sun 'n Lake's request to let the district expand its water lines outside the district's limits. The Avon Park city council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday afternoon opposing Sun 'n Lake Improvement District's request to serve new developments, including a new assisted living facility located at 4029 Schumacher Road, just outside of Sebring's city limits. The request already provoked Sebring officials, who passed a similar resolution later that evening. ...more

August 28, 2008

From a challenge to the new sprinkler ordinance by a nationwide homebuilder to an investigation of payroll discrepancies in the police department, the cost of safeguarding this city from legal action has nearly doubled in the past year. ...more

August 28, 2008

In one day, Sgt. Robert Perrault Jr. logged 21 hours for the city's police department and Pasco-Hernando Community College, where he has taught criminal justice classes for two years. ...more

August 16, 2008

It's not even in the city limits of Sebring or in the jurisdiction of Sun 'n Lake, but a proposed sewer project could lead to a legal battle between the two entities. ...more

August 15, 2008

Just as city officials began focusing on breaking ground for the downtown redevelopment project, they have been blindsided by an obstacle that could bring the venture to a standstill. ...more

August 13, 2008