Railroad Street will be closed between Bowman Avenue and Center Avenue starting at 8 a.m. from Nov. 13-18, due to installation of underground utilities by KDL Underground, Inc., per jack and bore under the CSX railroad tracks at Center Avenue, for the construction of the Sebring Parkway Phase II project. ...more

November 13, 2009

The city attorney recommended that the city council authorize him to file a lawsuit by Nov. 3, in order to protect the city's interest in a $500,000 Subdivision Performance Bond. ...more

October 24, 2009

Railroad Street will be closed at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 between Bowman Avenue and Center Avenue until further notice, due to the installation of underground utilities by KDL Underground, Inc., per jack and bore under the CSX railroad tracks at Center Avenue for the construction of the Sebring Parkway Phase II project. ...more

August 5, 2009

Effective today, Eucalyptus Street will be closed between Lemon Avenue and Rose Avenue, according to a public service announcement from the Highlands County Engineering Department. ...more

June 8, 2009

An article in the Wednesday, Dec. 31 Highlands Today caught my attention and rang an alarm that if Highlands County Commissioners don't do something, they would find themselves repeating a portion of an unpleasant history in the future. ...more

January 5, 2009

The city's holiday season will kick off when the Sebring Christmas Parade, hosted by the Heartland Young Professionals, begins at 7 p.m. Friday. ...more

December 4, 2008

Hosting this year's Sebring Christmas Parade, the Heartland Young Professionals has requested Sebring City Council approval for road closures from 6:30-to-9 p.m. Dec. 5. ...more

November 18, 2008

SEBRING –– Some Highlands County roads may sit a while longer before they're repaved, and other proposed projects may be pushed back due to an anticipated shortfall in sales tax revenues. The local one-cent sales tax that shoppers pay is used to build and maintain many of the roads, bridges and some other buildings throughout the county. For this fiscal year, County Budget Manager Tim Mechling said he expects only $7.8 million of the $9.1 million in sales tax revenue to come his way. The 15-percent anticipated drop in revenues mean that the county's infrastructure fund will have to do with less. . Though Mechling declined to mention specific projects that could be on the chopping block because the the county commissioners have not decided yet, Mechling said the county may delay several planned road resurfacing and some new construction. "It's something we're still working out," he said. ...more

July 6, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS – There will be no reclaimed waste water available for watering lawns in Tarpon Springs until late tonight or even Thursday morning. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING – Eucalyptus Street, which is being converted into the next leg of Sebring Parkway, will be closed for most of the first half of 2008. ...more

December 19, 2007