SEBRING — The trial date has been continued again for former Avon Park High School quarterback Travis "T.K." Hill, 18, who has been charged with DUI vehicular homicide. "Because there are so many complicated issues in this case, it's way too soon to tell when a trial will take place," Hill's attorney, Richard S. Pipkin said last year. "There are a number of things we have to take into account before we'll be ready – things like blood alcohol analysis and expert witnesses." Hill was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and negligent vehicular manslaughter after the Dec. 30, 2006 death of Kristin Marie Dessingue, 16, of Coconut Creek. She was a passenger in Hill's pickup truck when he lost control while traveling north on County Road 621. The Ford flipped several times, and both Hill and Dessingue were ejected. ...more

May 23, 2008

From a distance, it could be the foundation of a massive pyramid worthy of an Egyptian king. ...more

May 13, 2008

The county is in a race against time to expand its landfill facility on U.S. 98 north of Brooksville before January 2010. ...more

May 12, 2008

Hillsborough County's goal to become a regional economic hub based on the biotechnology industry will be enhanced with our focus today on building a clean, green environment. ...more

February 16, 2008

Ken Wheeler, the director of solid waste, is into recycling, and Highlands County should be grateful about that. The county is likely to pick up more than $3 million in two grants – nearly one-third of the $10.5 million allocated – that Gov. Charlie Crist convinced the Legislature to award in local-government grants for innovative recycling projects. Highlands had lots of competition. A total of 140 cities and counties applied for the grants. After reviewing all 140 applications, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection picked the top 33 projects based on merit. ...more

February 3, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County is likely to snag nearly one-third of the $10.5 million that Gov. Charlie Crist convinced the Legislature to award in local-government grants for innovative recycling projects this fiscal year. One hundred and forty cities and counties applied for these grants, officially called the "Fiscal Year 2008-09 Innovative Recycling/Waste Reduction Grants." After reviewing all 140 applications, the state Department of Environmental Protection picked the top 33 projects based on merit. The Legislature has appropriated $10.56 million for this grant program for fiscal 2008-09, a reduction from the $12.4 million allocated for this program the year before. ...more

February 2, 2008

Pasco County Utilities customers will have to wait until at least April to exchange their "high volume" toilets for more efficient models, and not everyone who wants a rebate will get one. ...more

January 30, 2008

Pasco County residents soon may turn in their older, water-consuming toilets for newer, more efficient models under a rebate program adopted recently. ...more

January 28, 2008

Highlands County is building the Sebring Parkway around the city of Sebring. If House Bill 683 passes this will bring the parkway to a screeching halt. Highlands County is building the parkway with our own employees and road equipment. We are also building an asphalt plant at our Highlands County Landfill to run off methane gas that is just burning off now into the air now at the cost of $3 million. We are committed Gov. Crist to the greening of Florida. If this bill passes it will put our road and bridge crews out of work. This will ruin Highlands and other counties that due their own work. The Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida wants to bid out the work to them there by costing Highlands County millions of tax dollars. ...more

January 27, 2008

A two-week long search for a discarded baby has culminated into an indictment Wednesday and more details into what happened. ...more

January 9, 2008