Raffles, festive balloons, open houses, car giveaways. Will any of these incentives sell houses? Not at the moment. ...more

November 20, 2007

Many homeowners questioned Tuesday about a new property tax-cutting proposal that will be on Florida's Jan. 29 presidential primary ballot had a common response: 'It's better than nothing.' ...more

October 31, 2007

There was plenty of show but little time for telling county planners how residents want the area to develop. ...more

October 27, 2007

Florida Board of Governors Chairwoman Carolyn Roberts is such a disarming presence that one might imagine she swayed Gov. Charlie Crist's opposition to university tuition increases with little more than one of her warm, reassuring pats on the hand and a few soothing words in her lilting Southern drawl. ...more

October 21, 2007

Real estate broker Richard Bennett has participated in countless real estate closings during the past 26 years. His most memorable deal to date, though, took place in August when he signed his name on the dotted line. ...more

October 20, 2007

Mayor Dan Tipton is expected to join a crowded field of candidates running for county clerk of the circuit court in next year's general elections. ...more

October 18, 2007

A Chicago-based development firm is transforming the site of a former service station into a two-phase retail and office complex at the northeast corner of Bloomingdale Avenue and Providence Road. ...more

October 10, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County's topsy-turvey real estate market is causing Realtors, landlords and homeowners to reassess their decisions. ...more

October 10, 2007

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Republican who represented southeastern Virginia for seven years, died Saturday morning after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said. ...more

October 7, 2007

A year and three months before Clerk of the Circuit Court Jed Pittman's scheduled retirement, three candidates already are lined up to take his place. ...more

October 2, 2007