LAND O' LAKES - The county's pet-friendly evacuation shelter at Pine View Middle School is opening its doors to a broader area this year. ...more

June 1, 2008

Pinellas County gives just nine employees a county car to drive. In Pasco County, just 10 supervisors drive county cars home, a number that will be cut later this year. ...more

May 12, 2008

I would like to make a suggestion in order to save some money on gas for publicly funded vehicles. I think we should charge parents of the public school system children $10 per day to ride the bus to school since they, too, are "wasting gas." ...more

May 9, 2008

This is a response to the story about the gentleman responding to the article of the woman who was airlifted to Tampa following a stabbing in Avon Park. I believe that this gentleman is misinformed on some of his facts and I would like to set the record straight. First I will say that I am a nurse at Florida Hospital and am proud to work and serve my community. Our hospitals (in Sebring, Lake Placid and Wauchula) all are capable of handling most emergencies we face in Highlands County. We are able to handle most emergencies, but apparently not this woman's. She had sustained knife wounds, which could not be handled in Highlands County and the decision was made to get her somewhere quickly where she could get her wounds taken care of. ...more

January 11, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. ...more

January 8, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. In the Hernando County School Board's annual financial audit for 2006-07, released last month, the district has shown major improvement in an area where it has been historically cited. ...more

January 8, 2008

Hernando County residents continue to increase their demands for emergency workers. Calls for service to city and county first responders went up as much as 20 percent during the year, though the spike is considerably less than 2006's. ...more

January 5, 2008

The University of South Florida has named a visiting instructor of criminology to lead its newly created public safety team on an interim basis. ...more

January 4, 2008

Regarding the story about a Lake Placid man charged with attempted murder: This story raises some serious questions for the residents of Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid and surrounding areas. Why would a person with non-life threatening injuries have to be flown to the Tampa area? Are our hospitals in this area not qualified to handle such emergencies? Who pays for this several thousand dollar airlift? ...more

December 31, 2007

Residents must sign up with the city of Safety Harbor to be in the know and eligible to receive telephone notifications of emergencies in their neighborhood. ...more

December 14, 2007