With the city's crime rate plummeting the past six years - and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year - maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 23, 2009

With the city's crime rate plummeting over the past six years – and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year – maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 22, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, in her annual state of the city speech Monday, warned of tough decisions facing the city in the next year as the economic recession worsens. ...more

March 24, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, in her annual state of the city speech Monday, warned of tough decisions facing the city in the next year as the economic recession worsens. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is doing away with its air unit and plans to spend the money on road deputies instead. What will be the impact on Pasco County's crime rate and public safety. ...more

March 11, 2009

Since 1998, Highlands County's population has grown from 80,500 to around 99,000. ...more

October 26, 2008

When people have less money, they cut out the extras. One discretionary expense is entertainment and recreation, that's the reason why only four adult softball tournaments are scheduled in Sebring for the rest of 2008, Parks and Recreation Director Vicki Pontius told the Highlands County Commission at its Tuesday meeting. ...more

October 22, 2008

Who is Ron Grimming? That was the question Highlands County residents asked, 10 months ago, when they learned that a man who had moved to Lake Placid in 2005 was running for sheriff. ...more

October 17, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue stood on the wraparound porch of a Suwanee Heights house Wednesday night and delivered good news to a crowd gathered on the front lawn. ...more

August 28, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue said the city's crime rate dropped 12 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same time period in 2007. ...more

August 27, 2008