After years of lax growth controls, Pasco County officials charted a refreshing new course more than two years ago by approving a much-needed rewrite of the comprehensive land use plan, the road map for orderly development. ...more

December 3, 2008

Since Sumter County folded its emergency management operations into the sheriff's office about 10 years ago, the arrangement has been "working perfectly," said Judd Wright, director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Department. ...more

November 27, 2008

'Working perfectly' in Sumter County ...more

November 27, 2008

A public records request of all 67 school districts in the state relating to school employee health insurance coverage has been upheld by the State Attorney General. ...more

November 16, 2008

James Adkins and John Druzbick did a lot of listening, note-taking and question-asking at Thursday's orientation meeting designed to give the incoming commissioners a quick overview of every department in county government. ...more

November 14, 2008

It's a crime that police officers in a small eastern Arizona community can hardly fathom yet have to deal with: an 8-year-old charged in the fatal shootings of his father and another man. ...more

November 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Djuke vom Vilstaler Land, 117 pounds of toned muscle, is getting over the jet lag of a weekend flight to Buenos Aires, where he raked in the top three prizes in a contest that drew 300 Rottweilers from around the world. ...more

October 24, 2008

The fire district's two highest-ranking officers are getting raises during a salary freeze. ...more

October 24, 2008

A state ethics investigation has cleared Pinellas Property Appraiser Jim Smith and other county officials of wrongdoing in a controversial land deal between Smith and the county. The report by the Florida Ethics Commission, released Wednesday, also cleared former Pinellas County Attorney Susan Churuti and County Commissioner Ronnie Duncan. ...more

October 23, 2008

County commissioners carved out time at their Tuesday meeting to inform people of the ordinance they crafted spelling out what would happen should the district become independent. ...more

October 23, 2008