Gov. Charlie Crist Wednesday issued an executive order suspending Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews from office. ...more

November 26, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist's legal department is reviewing whether to suspend or remove Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews from office following his arrest on three felony charges, according to a Sterling Ivey, spokesman for Crist, in Tallahassee. ...more

November 26, 2008

City Councilman Manny Funes' first order of business: giving away money. ...more

November 26, 2008

Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews wasn't so much against the city offering Robert "Rob" Miller, of Virginia, a job as public works director, as he was opposed to how much Miller would get paid. ...more

November 21, 2008

Young and old alike were drawn to the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Complex to be part of the city-sponsored Veterans Day ceremony and the free lunch that followed. ...more

November 19, 2008

TAMPA With renovations under way at Rogers Park Golf Course, the Tampa Sports Authority has called for a review of a controversial contract that allows the YMCA to use the course in exchange for paying for upgrades. The authority's board of directors voted Monday night to schedule an emergency meeting with community leaders while the Tampa City Council and authority review the contract. The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA plans to renovate the course's former clubhouse for its youth golf program, First Tee of Tampa Bay, a proposal that has raised concerns that the public park will be privatized. ...more

November 18, 2008

Donald Simmons, code enforcement director, is trying to make the city look even better, and his job is getting easier every day. ...more

November 11, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water board voted Monday to sue the three companies that designed or built the now-crack-ridden wall of the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. ...more

October 21, 2008

Integrity is the most important quality of any human being to possess, especially politicians. Trust of the people is imperative! As a former mayor and city councilman for the city of Sebring and a member of the sheriff's rescue unit, I know how important it is to have a leader that you can trust. Three out of four of our children are in law enforcement: Major Mark Sauls, Sgt. Monica Sauls and Agent Gene Sauls Jr. of I.C.E. We the people expect and deserve honesty. I supported and voted for Susan Benton during the last election. I had high hopes that she would have the vision and integrity to make the needed changes in the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Some of the changes she has effected have made a difference; higher salaries for the troops, some new technology, more deputies on the road. What she did was what should have been done. Nothing new or spectacular, simply what needed to be done. ...more

October 16, 2008

The $700 billion financial rescue package did nothing to avert stock market meltdowns and perhaps a worldwide recession, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney told business leaders Wednesday in Sebring and Avon Park. ...more

October 9, 2008