Federal officials say they have arrested 117 immigrants in Florida accused of being fugitives or committing immigration law violations. ...more

February 4, 2009

A five-day effort by law enforcement to target fugitive aliens has resulted in 110 arrests, including 11 in Tampa. The operation was organized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and was aimed at illegal immigrants who ignored orders to leave the country. Of the 110 arrested, 81 fell under that category; the remaining 29 had other immigration violations. ...more

December 23, 2008

Patella appointed permanent director ...more

December 3, 2008

In what the county's administrator called "a very important moment," the county commission on Tuesday approved a deal to hand over the emergency management department to the sheriff's office. ...more

December 3, 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

Hernando County Housing Authority board members learned this week that the authority has been considered "troubled" by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the last two years. ...more

June 20, 2008

HAS BEEN IN 'TROUBLED' STATUS FOR TWO YEARS ...more

June 19, 2008

State and local taxes paid by illegal immigrants fail to offset the cost of public services that state and local governments in Florida and elsewhere provide, a new study done for Congress says. ...more

December 19, 2007

SEBRING — John C. Alleyne, a horticulturist and former university professor, traveled the world, from the Caribbean island republic of Trinidad to the world's highest mountains in Nepal, before deciding to settle in Sebring. He's finishing his second week as the new director of the Highlands County Cooperative Extension Service and says he feels lucky to be in this county, rated No. 2 among the state's 67 counties in citrus production. Alleyne won't be directly involved in helping the citrus growers, as his specialty is commercial horticulture. Citrus work, he said, is handled primarily by the extension office's citrus agent, Tim Hurner. ...more

December 17, 2007

Teams assigned to eliminate the nation's backlog of immigration fugitives have arrested nearly twice as many people this fiscal year as the previous year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said Tuesday. ...more

December 6, 2007