From the front porch of her tidy brick house, Betty Franklin can look across Hines Avenue to the rusting hulk of the former Cummer and Sons Cypress Co. sawmill, whose rhythms once ruled this corner of northeastern Pasco County. ...more

December 7, 2008

Construction of a new airport building at the Avon Park Executive Airport is nearly complete and a city/county joint commission might determine new land use rules for airport neighbors. ...more

November 26, 2008

County officials gave a thumbs-up Thursday to the first stage of an 80-bed hospital campus in the heart of Wesley Chapel. ...more

November 21, 2008

Like a game of musical chairs, there is only one supervisor's seat available and two people would like to have it, when the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District holds its next landowner election. ...more

November 6, 2008

Construction could begin in 12 months in the southwest corner of Highlands County on a $100-million facility for the training of government and corporate security personnel, as well as law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders to natural or man-made disasters. ...more

November 5, 2008

With the deed to the property in hand, the all-volunteer board of directors of the Brandon Community Advantage Center is moving ahead with final engineering and design plans for the first phase of the community's new civic center. ...more

November 5, 2008

Actor Mark Wahlberg - aka Marky Mark (the guy whose trademark was stripping down to his whitey-whites during concerts) - has listed his house in Beverly Hills at $15.9 million. ...more

October 26, 2008

Sheik Island Farms, a 360-acre property in rural Pasco County, features a state-of-the-art equestrian facility, two houses and a two-story office building with a three-bedroom apartment. ...more

October 15, 2008

Sunlight glinted off Lake Pasadena as a warm breeze eased through Spanish moss hanging low on the surrounding oaks and sweet gum trees. ...more

October 12, 2008

Residents of northeastern Pasco County will have to wait another month to voice their opposition to Berry Hill, a controversial subdivision proposed for land just east of Dade City. ...more

October 8, 2008