Disabled people who rely on Pasco County's on-call paratransit service to get around will have to dig deeper to pay for rides. ...more

November 30, 2007

Going to Fort DeSoto Park? You may need extra cash. State transportation officials say tolls at the bridge leading to the park, and at two plazas nearby, will need to rise to finance the replacement of two bridges. ...more

November 29, 2007

PLANT CITY - City commissioners have taken another step toward banning total nudity and lap dances at sexually-oriented businesses. ...more

November 28, 2007

The city is considering a law that would ban new signs taller than 45 feet along Interstate 4. ...more

November 21, 2007

Items of interest from the Nov. 13 city commission meeting include: •Commissioners unanimously approved amendments to the city's long-range plan that include the rezoning of recently annexed property. One amendment that was to be included in this round of public hearings - the rezoning of more than 1,000 acres of the Cone-Graham tract north of Interstate 4 - was postponed until summer 2008. ...more

November 21, 2007

Total nudity and lap dances would be banned in sexually-oriented businesses under proposed changes to city laws. ...more

November 21, 2007

PLANT CITY - Total nudity and lap dances would be banned in sexually-oriented businesses under proposed changes to city laws. The city commission is expected to vote on the revised ordinances during two public hearings scheduled for Nov. 26 and Dec. 10. The proposed changes tighten adult entertainment laws that last were revised in 2005, City Attorney Ken Buchman said. ...more

November 16, 2007

In many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species. At least 300 daily papers have stopped publishing over the past 30 years. Those newspapers that have survived are struggling financially. Newspaper circulation has declined steadily for more than 10 years. Average daily circulation is down 2.6 percent in the last six months alone. ...more

November 15, 2007

In the Highlands Today front page story of Oct. 31, statements were made which strongly appear to be lies. Jim Brantley, spokesman for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said: 1. "Although this exercise involved bomb replicas, live bombs will be dropped in less than a year." This statement does not preclude that live bombs are not being dropped currently. 2. "The noise generated from live bombs shouldn't be much louder than operations out there now." This statement does not preclude that live bombs are not now being dropped. In fact, it enforces the fact that they are now being dropped! ...more

November 10, 2007

Hillsborough County commissioners found themselves neck deep in political muck when they abruptly voted to get rid of the county's wetlands protections last summer. ...more

November 7, 2007