The burning question around North Pinellas fire stations these days is how will the county's plan to renegotiate emergency medical service funding to local agencies impact their ability to serve their communities. Last week a unanimous County Commission voted to revisit the county's first-responder contract with 19 cities and fire districts, which helps the cities and districts pay for firefighter-paramedics. ...more

February 28, 2009

As director of the Highlands County EMS, Steve Plunkett Coltharp could work strictly as an administrator. ...more

February 2, 2009

LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning at the northbound intersection of U.S. 27 and Lake Francis Road. ...more

November 7, 2008

A Lake Placid woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning at the northbound intersection of U.S. 27 and Lake Francis Road. The crash happened at 8:25 when a 2006 Nissan, driven by Barbara A. Tardiff, crossed the northbound lanes of U.S. 27 from the median crossover and failed to yield to a northbound 2006 Mack dump truck, driven by Timothy S. Hostetler,42, of Sebring, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Nissan was originally traveling eastbound on U.S. 27 from Lake Francis Road. ...more

November 6, 2008

About 150 kids and their parents showed up Sunday at Florida Hospital Heartland Division for a chance to become famous. ...more

September 30, 2008

Michael Cogar, 50, of Sebring, died after Marylin Brown, 62, failed to negotiate a turn at State Road 17 and North Ridgewood Drive. ...more

September 22, 2008

A Lake Placid man appears to be the only fatality in Highlands County as a result of Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 21, 2008

A Lake Placid man's death appears to be the only Tropical Storm Fay-related fatality in Highlands County and in Florida. ...more

August 20, 2008

"This is the perfect storm, for us," Steve "Plunkett" Coltharp, interim director of Highlands County EMS, said as he stood under the bay roof that protected two ambulances from the rain at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

NICKERSON CITES RISING DEPARTMENT COSTS ...more

May 19, 2008