SEBRING — The School Board of Highlands County hired an engineering firm to inspect Memorial Elementary School to determine if design changes to the school's roof have affected its integrity. A number of factors apparently caused cement blocks to crack at the school on Memorial Drive, which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in August. The problem was fixed with expansion joints and a different type of fastener, but the school board wanted assurances that the redesign will not cause problems in the future. ...more

May 22, 2008

A week after test results showed that at least six private irrigation wells in the Azalea neighborhood are contaminated with industrial waste from the Raytheon defense plant, officials with the state's Department of Environmental Protection met with residents to hear their concerns. ...more

May 5, 2008

A $2 million "smart" traffic control system will be operational here before the end of next year, the engineer for the federally funded project told Plant City commissioners Monday night. ...more

May 3, 2008

About 45 residents attended a meeting Thursday night at the Keystone Recreation Center to discuss planned safety improvements to the intersection of Race Track and Boy Scout roads. ...more

February 25, 2008

General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that half its U.S. vehicle volume will run on ethanol by 2012, just as partner Coskata Inc. is expected to be increasing ethanol production. ...more

February 7, 2008

By next month, the city plans to hire a contractor to maintain its nearly 13,000 fire hydrants. ...more

January 26, 2008

When a shortage of cement and other materials started to hamper Earth Tech's work, company Pesident Ron Broadrick decided it was time the company became its own supplier. ...more

January 6, 2008

There won't be a caboose or even a train depot involved, but the city's long-awaited Railroad Square beautification project is finally back on track. ...more

November 24, 2007

The price of being a good neighbor to the Wal-Mart Supercenter next door was too steep for Bobkatz Bar and Grill owners. The bar owners, Ed Beck and Pete White, didn't complain about business tapering off during construction of the Supercenter on U.S. 19 north of S.R. 52. ...more

November 17, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The developer of Cypress Creek Town Center announced Wednesday that it's seeking a contractor to begin county-ordered improvements to State Road 54. ...more

November 14, 2007