Saying they need to watch their dollars during this time of budget austerity, county commissioners nixed a request from staffers to spend $191,175 at this time on a new 12,000-gallon fuel island at the county landfill. ...more

January 21, 2009

Cite $192,000 price tag. ...more

January 20, 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

The breathless electorate of Florida's 9th Congressional District can rest easy tonight. Anita de Palma has bestowed her unequivocal endorsement on Bill Mitchell, her former rival and, as of Tuesday, the Democrats' nominee to take on incumbent Gus Bilirakis. ...more

August 31, 2008

Tom Albert drove his loaner Chevrolet Equinox like any other car. He took it to work during the week, picked up groceries and loaded the back with bags of soil at the garden store. When his infant son was fussy, Albert drove the newborn around the block to calm him down. ...more

August 28, 2008