If Pinellas County commissioners give it a thumbs-up, the county could start negotiations soon with a Los Angeles company to develop a major retail and office project on a former county landfill site in St. Petersburg. ...more

January 9, 2008

Not A Foreign Concept I read with interest Art Hayhoe's recent letter, "Keep Decisions Local," and would like to respond to his concerns. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — Christmas decorations are going back into boxes, but what happens to that live tree that brought holiday cheer? Residents just have to cart the tree, with the ornaments and tree stand removed, to the curb and solid waste officials will take care of the rest. Richard Gorman, landfill operation manager for Highlands County, said the county residents' Christmas trees are picked up with the yard waste and mixed with dirt and sand to make a ground cover at the Highlands County Landfill. The ground cover, which is spread over the landfill daily, is used for odor control and as a barrier from intrusion by birds and animals. ...more

December 27, 2007

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid woman, who sheriff's detectives say threw her baby into the trash –– which led to a massive search at the county landfill –– was being held in the Highlands County Jail on a $150,000 bail Tuesday and for immigration authorities to pick her up. ...more

December 4, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County sheriff's detectives arrested a 24-year-old Lake Placid woman Tuesday who they say threw her baby away in a trash bag that has been the subject of a massive search at a county landfill, but the charges were unrelated. ...more

December 4, 2007

The search for a baby or fetus discarded by its mother Nov. 23 continued at the county landfill today and was scheduled to go on Tuesday, according to Highlands County Sheriff's Maj. Mark Schrader. ...more

December 3, 2007

SEBRING — After searching a county landfill for a nearly a week for the body of an infant that was reportedly thrown in the garbage by a Lake Placid woman, law enforcement officials will "re-evaluate" today whether they will continue searching. Sheriff Susan Benton said late Sunday morning that she, the state attorney and the lead detectives needed to speak to the medical examiner to determine if the search could produce anything further at this point. "We need to make a decision from a logistics standpoint based on the expert's opinions," she said. ...more

December 3, 2007

SEBRING — Searchers at the county landfill looking for a baby that was tossed into the trash by a Lake Placid woman located a piece of bedding belonging to the residence, according to Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton on Friday. ...more

November 30, 2007

SEBRING — While the number of searchers for a discarded baby increased Friday at the Highlands County Landfill, sheriff's detectives investigated what actually happened on Nov. 23, when the baby's mother tossed the infant into the trash. ...more

November 30, 2007

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office with a multi-agency contingent of help resumed its search at the county landfill Thursday morning for a discarded baby. ...more

November 29, 2007