An event five years in the making will come down to a weekend of men and women holed up in rooms fighting to determine the road to Tampa. ...more

February 25, 2008

AVON PARK — The Avon Park City Council decided to form a seven-member committee to recommend a new police chief from the 61 applications the city received. In creating the committee, the council decided to fill the police chief's position before they found a new city manager, using the committee's recommendations to help interim City Manager Sarah Adelt pick out Frank Mercurio's successor. The city has not begun advertising for the city manager's position. ...more

January 16, 2008

Hong Kong must wait another 10 years to directly elect its own leader, China said Saturday, drawing protests from hundreds in the former British colony who said they were being cheated of the right to vote. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners need to find one more person, with the right credentials, to appoint a state-mandated citizens advisory committee on affordable workforce housing. At stake is the county's ability to keep receiving about $900,000 per year in state funding for housing assistance programs. Ten of the 11 seats on the committee have been tentatively filled, but commissioners are waiting to appoint the committee until the 11th position is filled. That person must be a county resident "who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing," according to state law. "Generally, that would be a contractor or a developer," said Jim Polatty, the county's development director. ...more

December 1, 2007

In the end, the Perry Harvey Sr. Park mayor's advisory committee did what it was appointed to do - approve plans for a $3.5 million renovation of the 11-acre park, 1200 Orange Ave. ...more

October 10, 2007

Twenty-five years ago, Beverly and Al Austin opened their home for the first Red Cross Angels Coffee. ...more

September 22, 2007

Highlands County commissioners wasted no time appointing members to a committee to consider the issues swirling around Lake Denton. ...more

September 5, 2007