PLANT CITY Patsy Brooks, the longtime general manager of the Florida Strawberry Festival, retired Monday. Brooks' festival career began 33 years ago as a secretary - one of only two full-time employees at the time. Two years later, she was promoted to assistant manager, a job she held for 18 years. She occupied the top slot for the past 13 years. ...more

June 6, 2008

Delta Air Lines is cutting at least 1,000 more jobs than it previously planned because the number of employees who accepted voluntary severance offers exceeded the company's goal. ...more

May 31, 2008

One of the city's largest employers, James Hardie Building Products , laid off 30 temporary and 49 full-time workers last week, citing the downturn in the construction industry. ...more

May 3, 2008

Commissioner Pay Should Be Based On Per Capita Income One way to help the county budget would be to change the way the salary for a county commissioner is determined. The job of county commissioner is a part-time job, but the salary is almost $60,000 per year. According to the 2000 census, the per capita income for Hernando County was $18,321. This means that we would need to have gotten a 325 percent increase and only work part time since 2000 to break even with these part-time employees ...more

February 19, 2008

My name is Randy Gilde. I live in Lake Placid and I am one of the owners of Highlands Greenhouse-Delray Plants. We are the proposed site for the ethanol plant in Venus. This opinion is written with all due respect to Hilary Swain and Archbold in response to her guest column in Saturday's paper. We have nothing but admiration for what they do and represent. We are a green industry and are also good stewards of the land the Lord has blessed us with. Although I am not as educated nor can I write as eloquently as Hilary, I would like to make some positive points about co-locating with the plant. ...more

February 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - One worker asked Suzy Arb where a donated stroller should be placed, while another had paperwork that needed attention. ...more

February 5, 2008

SEBRING — Race fans and sponsors will be wowed when they attend the 56th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring — a new building will welcome them to the Sebring International Raceway. Tres Stephenson, Sebring International Raceway president and general manager, said the 10,000 square-foot administration building provides a new front door for the facility. ...more

January 9, 2008

Government auditors said they found nearly $90 million in potentially questionable payments from the Medicare program to contractors helping enact the prescription drug benefit for the elderly and disabled. ...more

December 21, 2007

In the Sunday, Dec., 16, edition of Hernando Today on page A12, you provide full coverage of our board of county commissioners regular meeting agenda scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 18. ...more

December 18, 2007

AVON PARK — A group of retired men at South Florida Community College are proving retirement doesn't necessarily mean they stop working completely. ...more

December 18, 2007