Firefighters call it "The Palace." Built in 2000, Fire Station 1 on Dairy Road is a penthouse compared with the city's downtown fire station. ...more

February 21, 2009

After taking over the development of Epperson Ranch from Lennar Corp., Tampa-based Metro Development Corp. won county approval this week for a revised vision for the property off Curley Road. ...more

November 7, 2008

Flood water isolated Paul Algor at his Leisure Lakes home Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

Overtime pay for the many Highlands County employees who did, or still are doing, extra duty to deal with Tropical Storm Fay will be by far the biggest cost to the county. ...more

August 21, 2008

Sweetbay Supermarket and LA Fitness will anchor a new shopping center at the southwest corner of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and County Line Road. ...more

June 16, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Progress was achieved during what might have become a bureaucratic nightmare Thursday, when a dozen representatives from several state and federal agencies descended on Archbold Biological Station. Florida Gas Transmission Co. employees and public officials met to discuss a proposed natural gas pipeline that might skirt a property line at the 9,000-acre biological station. The session took place prior to a public scoping meeting designed to hear the concerns of the public, to be held later that night. ...more

June 12, 2008

Sweetbay Supermarket and LA Fitness will anchor a new shopping center at the southwest corner of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and County Line Road. ...more

June 11, 2008

NEW TAMPA - Sweetbay Supermarket and LA Fitness will anchor a new shopping center at the southwest corner of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and County Line Road. United American Realty, a Tampa-based developer that has built shopping centers throughout Florida, has been planning The Cypress since 2004. The 70-acre site is approved for 350,000 square feet of office and retail use. ...more

June 6, 2008

WESLEY CHAPEL - In the latest effort to control flooding, the developers of Cypress Creek Town Center today expect to complete a berm ringing their troubled site at the southwest corner of Interstate 75 and State Road 56. ...more

February 13, 2008

One month after two Gibsonton students were shot near a bus stop in the Carriage Pointe subdivision, changes are in motion to make residents feel more secure. ...more

January 20, 2008