Residents concerned expansion of Plant High will have a further impact on their surrounding neighborhood were unable to convince the city council Thursday night to reject the project, but achieved concessions to reduce privacy and parking problems. ...more

December 11, 2009

Portions of Highlands County are safer from wildfire thanks to federal stimulus dollars that funded efforts to reduce the wildfire danger. ...more

December 11, 2009

People concerned that expansion of Plant High will negatively affect their neighborhood were unable to persuade the city council Thursday night to reject the project but got concessions on privacy and parking problems. ...more

December 11, 2009

The students at Central Baptist School are growing like weeds. School officials are clamoring to keep up. ...more

July 8, 2009

PLANT CITY code enforcement action against two abandoned gasoline stations is proceeding, City Manager David Sollenberger said Monday. ...more

March 12, 2009

Methodist church officials want to provide the services that neighbors here need. ...more

March 2, 2009

Union Congregational Church's Solid Grounds, a meet and greet eatery, is operating in violation of the city's Land Development regulations, according to the city attorney's interpretation of the Central Florida Regional Planning Council's statement on the issue. ...more

February 11, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 31, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 30, 2009

It is unfair for veterinarians to be able to board dogs overnight, while kennels are not afforded the same right. That sentiment was voiced last year when three people who wanted to open a kennel in the downtown business district found they could only board dogs during the day because they were not associated with a veterinarian. In response, the City Commission took a tentative step Tuesday night toward leveling the animal boarding playing field. ...more

January 17, 2009