Repurposing household throwaways to serve a higher calling as yard art may be its own reward, but the payoff just got bigger. ...more

October 25, 2009

Hernando County commissioners nixed a request from staff to spend $191,175 on a new 12,000-gallon fuel island at the county landfill. ...more

January 21, 2009

Cite $192,000 price tag. ...more

January 20, 2009

After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals. ...more

December 4, 2008

Items of interest from the Nov. 10 meeting of the Plant City Commission included: ...more

November 19, 2008

To buy or not to buy, that is the question? The purchase of the Highlands Utilities Corp. sewer system will be the subject of a public hearing at the Sebring City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at 368 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring. ...more

October 21, 2008

George and Eleanor Marholin have done what they can to damp down the threat of a fire breaking out in their Florida ranch home in Dogwood Estates - and to be prepared if flames appear. ...more

September 9, 2008

County would chip in about $250,000 toward project planned in 1992 ...more

September 9, 2008

A report that details the circumstances surrounding a 9-year-old boy's death during the Plant City Christmas Parade has been posted on the city's Web site. ...more

January 31, 2008

Dozens of federal lawmakers are demanding that Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, stop selling toys that contain any amount of lead, claiming the company is not going far enough to address safety concerns. ...more

January 31, 2008