Three Highlands County employees fired last January for "inappropriate" use of instant messages on their work computers have filed a federal lawsuit. ...more

January 17, 2009

I have this shirt. It's pink and black and festooned with flamingos. I bought it in Key West. I wear it as often as I go to Key West, which is infrequently. Thin line between fashionably whimsical and, well, cheesy. ...more

January 14, 2009

I have this shirt. It's pink and black and festooned with flamingos. I bought it in Key West. I wear it as often as I go to Key West, which is infrequently. Thin line between fashionably whimsical and, well, cheesy. ...more

January 14, 2009

Florida Hospital Lake Placid has a new administrator and the previous administrator there has a new title. ...more

January 11, 2009

Higher fares for THE BUS is among topics up for debate at Tuesday's county commission meeting. ...more

September 15, 2008

Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars. ...more

September 5, 2008

New hires with the Pasco County School District are typically lumped together in the same agenda item and approved by the school board with little or no discussion. ...more

August 23, 2008

TAMPA - Award-winning journalist Irene Maher, who has covered health care issues for WFLA, Channel 8 since 1985, was laid off this morning as part of a reduction in force at the station. ...more

July 11, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The downturn in the economy is proving to be a boon for the human resources department at the Pasco County School District. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING – The appeals of the firings of ex-county employees Treasa Handley and Jarod Lee will be heard by new Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright. But the informal hearing process won't be scheduled until after Handley's and Lee's attorney takes depositions from at least four and possibly more county employees. Attorney Jim McCollum, representing the two Office of Management and Budget employees who were fired for sending thousands of personal and inappropriate instant messages on their county computers, has not yet requested a hearing date. Their firings go back more than three months, but McCollum is not rushing to schedule the appeals hearing in front of Wright. Before any hearing is scheduled, McCollum said, he needs to get sworn statements in depositions from several high-ranking county managers and from one ex-county employee, Carl Cool. ...more

June 6, 2008