No rate hike for 2009. ...more

December 29, 2008

The high rate of home foreclosures is hitting home at the Humane Society of Highlands County with lots of pets being surrendered by people who just cannot keep them, according to Barbara Clark, president of the Highlands County chapter. ...more

December 25, 2008

Grand plans for expansion were unveiled Friday at the Humane Society of the Nature Coast. ...more

December 6, 2008

SEBRING When she became a Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer, Daphne Taylor never dreamed that her fear of heights would help launch a friendship with an 8-year-old girl. But that's what happened four years ago in her second meeting with Stephanie, now 12, at Woodlawn Elementary School. They climbed to the top of the monkey bars and Stephanie caught Taylor's obvious hesitation to jump down the fireman's pole, then saw her take a deep breath and do it. A few weeks later, in the hour they spend together at school each week, Taylor saw Stephanie balk at practicing reading out loud and gently chided her, "Sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and go for it … ...more

November 30, 2008

Joining Hands/Pasco Holiday Center is signing up families in need of a helping hand for the holidays. ...more

November 12, 2008

Joining Hands/Pasco Holiday Center is seeking families in need of a helping hand for the holidays. ...more

November 3, 2008

People have started visiting the Highlands County Library's three branches in record numbers, library Director Mary Myers reported on Friday. ...more

October 25, 2008

From child protection to prisons, no state service is immune from potentially draconian funding cuts next year, as the state struggles to fill a budget hole as large as $3.5 billion. ...more

October 19, 2008

Plans for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County to build 100 two-story townhouses for workforce housing will go before the county's Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday. ...more

October 6, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples was evicted today from her public housing apartment, nearly a year after being found in violation of federal housing guidelines. ...more

September 29, 2008