There is a change in pickup for yard waste, C and D waste, and appliances for Avon Park residents. ...more

November 8, 2009

There is a change in pickup for yard waste, C and D waste, and appliances for Avon Park residents. ...more

October 30, 2009

100 Acre Wood to hold 'Team Up For Wildlife' from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at the rehabilitation Center located at 99 Kohen Road, Brooksville. ...more

August 28, 2009

The National Weather Service in Ruskin is forecasting cold weather in Highlands County, with temperatures tonight expected to dip to 31. ...more

January 16, 2009

PLANTER'S ALMANAC What To Do This Month Set strawberry plants: Strawberry plants are treated as annuals in Florida. Broadcast 2 1/2 pounds of 6-8-8 (or similar) fertilizer over a 100-square-foot bed. ...more

September 18, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pickup on a regular schedule. ...more

September 17, 2008

For volunteer firefighters, this was the Holy Grail. To stay under the smoke, kneel when entering the door of a burning home. Follow the hose in, remain with the three-man team, and make sure all three come out. ...more

September 15, 2008

The storm has passed, leaving behind some streets that are flooded, but passable in a pickup or sports-utility vehicle. A couple of kids splashed around in what yesterday was an open, grassy lot, now filled with about 2 feet of water. ...more

August 19, 2008

Conditions are worsening in southeastern Polk County. Winds are intensifying and driving rain horizontally as Tropical Storm Fay cuts a northeasterly path through the state. ...more

August 19, 2008

IT'S FUN BEING TRASHY First thought: Has it come to this, people? We're so germ-phobic and lazy that we need automated trash cans? Second thought: Where do I get one of these things? Nine Stars Motion Sensor Trash Cans has a battery-operated infrared sensor that detects movement within 10 inches, triggering the lid to open for you. (For the obsessively compulsive, you get 10,000 openings and closings on one set of batteries. Happy now?) Cost: $39.95 to $99.95, depending on size. Available at www.ninestarsusa.com. ...more

July 2, 2008