AVON PARK — A property owner that has been at odds with the Avon Park Executive Airport for years over his development plans is pushing forward with a new plan for a 43-acre, 346-unit working-class housing project. Roland Dilley's attorney Warwick "Bud" Furr said the plan for the property, located across State Road 64 from the airport, would not conflict with the city-owned airport's runway protection zones. "We've done everything that they asked us to do," Furr said. "We really think it's inappropriate for the city or the county to object." ...more

May 28, 2008

The Brooksville Housing Authority Board on Tuesday evening accomplished what Mayor David Pugh had set them out to do. ...more

May 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - An 18-year-old Dixie Hollins High School student arrested Friday on charges he sexually battered a 15-year-old girl on a school bus was released from custody early today. ...more

May 10, 2008

Students reacted with disbelief Friday morning at the news that three Dixie Hollins High School football players were arrested Thursday on charges that they molested or assisted in the molestation of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus. ...more

May 10, 2008

The Westchase and Westchase East community development districts met Tuesday evening to further merger talks and to settle on future legal representation. ...more

May 10, 2008

Former University of South Florida basketball legend Charlie Bradley, who said he has served as a father figure for Branden Allen for most of the teenager's life, said it's hard to believe Allen would be capable of committing sexual battery. ...more

May 9, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - On Saturday, May 17, Temple Terrace will go international, as a fighting style from the Far East brings martial artists from Europe and North America together for competition. The Florida Cup II Tournament begins at 10 a.m. at the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Complex. The tae kwon do competition will be about more than victories and defeats; it will be about cultural and stylistic exchanges, as martial arts students from the United States, Austria and Germany meet and compete in various categories. ...more

May 9, 2008

State Rep. Peter Nehr decided to reveal himself as the source of a tip about an alleged marijuana grow house in the Palm Harbor area. The Sheriff's Office, would-be tipsters need to know, did not make Nehr's role known. ...more

February 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board gave approval Tuesday to an interlocal agreement with the county commission that includes a school concurrency plan. ...more

February 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A report that a mother pulled a gun at a bus stop Tuesday evening after learning her daughter had been struck while on the bus could not be substantiated, police said. ...more

February 13, 2008