LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board, which usually waits until summer before delving into number crunching, is already starting to talk about its 2008-09 budget and pondering plans to buy new buses and land for a high school as well as move ahead on construction projects. ...more

February 14, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County is likely to snag nearly one-third of the $10.5 million that Gov. Charlie Crist convinced the Legislature to award in local-government grants for innovative recycling projects this fiscal year. One hundred and forty cities and counties applied for these grants, officially called the "Fiscal Year 2008-09 Innovative Recycling/Waste Reduction Grants." After reviewing all 140 applications, the state Department of Environmental Protection picked the top 33 projects based on merit. The Legislature has appropriated $10.56 million for this grant program for fiscal 2008-09, a reduction from the $12.4 million allocated for this program the year before. ...more

February 2, 2008

The smoke column from a burning house could be seen from the parking lot of the Brooksville Fire Department. ...more

February 1, 2008

It's hard to pinpoint exactly when Saint Leo's baseball program changed dramatically, but the differences could be seen and heard throughout offseason conditioning. ...more

February 1, 2008

The smoke column from a burning house could be seen from the parking lot of the Brooksville Fire Department. But the fire engines in the bay stood silent. ...more

January 31, 2008

As the Legislature cut $1 billion from Florida's budget last year, one lawmaker wanted the state to sell one of its three planes to save $200,000 annually. ...more

January 7, 2008

This is Highlands Today's annual year-end run of the stories we covered that had a major impact on the local sports scene. The ranking was determined by the sports department: Sports editor Brian Gjurgevich, senior sports writer Mark Pinson and sports reporter Chris Hoffman. ...more

January 1, 2008

There are few county services more instrumental in saving lives than its EMS force ––and just like a fire department –– every second counts. Understanding how crucial it is to dispatch an ambulance as quickly as possible, and considering how our population balloons in the winter, our EMS officials have made some needed changes to make sure that everyone gets served on time. ...more

December 31, 2007

No one personifies the Sunshine State quite like Charlie Crist. It's "the golden age of the Florida Legislature," the governor said over and over this year. Property taxes were going to "drop like a rock." Last week's water summit with governors from Georgia and Alabama yielded "tremendous progress," and next month's referendum on tax relief is going to pass. ...more

December 30, 2007

All of West Pasco's high schools made the U.S. Department of Education, s "Dropout Factory" list. ...more

November 7, 2007