Port Richey City Council will meet Wednesday. ...more

August 26, 2008

The Jerome Brown Community Center could one day be the new home of the Hernando County Enrichment Center - and a hurricane shelter for special needs residents. ...more

August 26, 2008

AVON PARK - Churches and non-profit groups in the City of Charm will have to fork over more money for their fire protection after the council voted 4-1 to charge them 75 percent of the institutional rate for the city's fire assessment. This means that churches will have to pay 50 percent more to the city's fire department through the annual assessment than it did last year, when they were charged 50 percent of the institutional rate. Homeowners will still pay $165, while commercial and nursing home rates were unchanged. ...more

August 25, 2008

Vernon Harkey knew his church would have to fork over more money for the fire assessment next year. ...more

August 25, 2008

The City Council has given Tampa firefighters most of the pay increase they were seeking. ...more

August 22, 2008

The choice before the Tampa City Council today is simple: Appease a politically powerful union by awarding it an exorbitant pay package or safeguard limited tax dollars. ...more

August 22, 2008

Not every city controversy makes its way to YouTube. This one did, though: Should firefighters get the pay raise they say they deserve, or should Mayor Pam Iorio prevail in her attempt to try to hold down personnel costs? ...more

August 21, 2008

TAMPA - Not every city controversy makes its way to YouTube. ...more

August 20, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned Tuesday morning, less than an hour before the city council was scheduled to decide whether to fire him. ...more

August 20, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned this morning, effectively immediately. ...more

August 19, 2008