Marshall & Ilsley Bank, the Milwaukee-based financial institution that took root here two years ago with its acquisition of Gold Banc Corp., is relocating and consolidating its local operations to accommodate a growing work force. ...more

January 18, 2008

Nice study, but the timing is wrong. ...more

January 16, 2008

Nice study, but the timing is wrong. That was the message delivered Tuesday afternoon by members of the Hernando County School Board to a roomful of concerned citizens during a workshop in which members opted to ignore a recent recommendation to raise education impact fees. ...more

January 16, 2008

A school board consultant is recommending the school impact fee per single-family home be raised from $4,266 to $10,000 to cover new school construction - an increase of about 134 percent. ...more

December 22, 2007

A school board consultant is recommending the school impact fee per single-family home be raised from $4,266 to $10,000 to cover new school construction — an increase of about 134 percent. ...more

December 21, 2007

Our community consists of one-story villas and two-story condominium units. The villas have garages with a driveway. The condominiums have a parking area as an extension of the streets. We also have sidewalks along the streets and to each unit or building. ...more

December 1, 2007

SEBRING — A traffic signal will be added to the intersection of Scenic Highway and Sebring Parkway within six months. Sebring City Council approved at Tuesday's meeting spending $75,000 for the $150,000 project. Ramon Gavarrete, county engineer, said the county has been considering a signal at the intersection since the Parkway opened in 2002. Traffic is now at a high enough capacity that a signal is warranted, Gavarrete said. ...more

November 22, 2007

SEBRING –– Visit Highlands County Animal Services today and you'll find two peacocks in a dog pen. You can also see two large hogs in a horse trailer. Plus four rabbits, huddled together in the corner of a wire dog crate. And then Darryl Scott, Animal Control director, can walk you past the dog and cat pens to see the two yearling cows he's holding in a small, wood fenced pen. "Just last week, we had chickens and ducks, too," Scott said. "We were able to get them out, by adoption." ...more

November 2, 2007

Reading the Oct. 8 Tampa Tribune editorial 'Florida Needs to Scrutinize For-Profit Nursing Home Industry,' one could wonder if the newspaper itself doesn't long for what it called 'the go-go days' of the 1990s. ...more

October 17, 2007

SEBRING — The county's long-running dispute with the state over development plans in Highlands County should be settled by mid October. At stake is final state approval that would allow: * Development of 4,637 acres; * Construction of 6,438 housing units, broken down into 4,537 single family homes, 192 mobile homes and 1,739 multi-family units; * Commercial projects totaling 5.1 million square feet; and * Industrial/warehouse projects totaling 5.9 million square feet. That is the total potential growth within 42 large-scale amendments to the Highlands County Comprehensive Plan which were approved by county commissioners in 2004, 2005 and 2006 but not yet approved by the Florida Department of Community Affairs. DCA recently sent the county a final settlement offer to approve all of those comp plan amendments. County commissioners will vote on DCA's settlement offer following a public hearing at their Oct. 16 meeting. ...more

September 30, 2007