Prescribed guidelines for awarding 1 percent merit pay increases to Hillsborough County executives were not followed when County Administrator Pat Bean gave the raise to herself in 2007. ...more

October 28, 2009

Highlands County commissioners voted Tuesday to award a total of $236,300 to help fund recreation improvements in Avon Park, and rejected a proposed lease for a private marina and convenience store on Lake June in Winter in Lake Placid. ...more

December 3, 2008

Hillsborough County engineers recently paid a visit to a meeting of the Balm Civic Association to discuss what many feel is the most dangerous intersection in the area. The confluence in question is where County Road 672, Balm-Boyette Road, Shelley Lane and Balm-Wimauma Road meet. Michael McCarthy, traffic division director for the county's Public Works Department, attended the Sept. 22 meeting along with traffic services engineer Remy Ogunsola and Scott Friedman, who presented a road safety audit of the intersection. ...more

September 26, 2008

This year's presidential election has fired up so many people that the Florida Division of Elections can't handle the volume of voter registration applications it is receiving, the Secretary of State's office said Wednesday. ...more

September 25, 2008

In response to numerous calls for help in dealing with mosquitoes, the Highlands County Extension Office will begin giving out free briquettes of a bacteria that kills mosquitoes in the water in their larval stage, before they can grow into adults and fly. ...more

September 5, 2008

Local businesses are likely to get an advantage over out-of-county businesses in getting Highlands County government contracts. ...more

August 24, 2008

Local law enforcement officers might start driving fuel-efficient cars if the smaller vehicles measure up to the rigors of the job. ...more

July 21, 2008

SEBRING — A teen boy and teen girl are in touch with a world of success. That illustration of two hip teens in the new logo for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Alliance is in sharp contrast to the old logo with an illustration of a side view of a pregnant teen. "It's more updated, more upbeat and more positive," said Jackie Rawlings, Healthy Start division director. ...more

July 3, 2008

Hillsborough County's traffic division and Lake Forest residents are working together to reduce speeding in the neighborhood. ...more

June 14, 2008

LAKE FOREST - Hillsborough County's traffic division and Lake Forest residents are working together to reduce speeding in the neighborhood. County staffers met last week with neighborhood residents to discuss solutions to the speeding problem on Lake Forest Drive. Traffic division director Mike McCarthy said people at the meeting voted to install a series of speed tables on Lake Forest Drive just north of Tall Tree Drive. ...more

June 9, 2008