Florida City News

Road construction crews contracted by Parsons Brinckerhoff work on a widening project run by the Florida Department of Transportation on February 18, 2009 in Florida City, Florida.

St. Petersburg, Florida -- City leaders are breaking ground today on a new recreational trail that will connect more neighborhoods in St.

The Florida Pioneer Museum in Florida City had a grand reopening last weekend to start off a new visitors' season.

County commissioners took steps Tuesday to find a new county manager. "We need to start the process so we can bring someone in by October," said Chairman Welton Cadwell.

UPDATE: Another traffic fatal in Keys, 6th since Nov. 28.Editor's note: The story below was posted before this following information came in late Tuesday, making it six traffic fatalities in the Keys since Nov.

Despite being bedridden with numerous broken bones, a 17-year-old girl who was left for dead by a driver is talking about surviving a careless act by a motorist.

A group of Cuban nationals who fled their country by boat landed in the cooling canal of a nuclear power plant along Florida's coast on Thanksgiving Day, according to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission event report issued Friday.

The National Weather Service issued an urban flood advisory for eastern Broward and Miami-Dade counties Wednesday morning.

Starting in 2011, drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to slow down to pay tolls.

Florida's Turnpike officials want your thoughts on proposed toll rates that will be introduced in early 2011 when the turnpike eliminates cash collection between Florida City and Miramar.

Cape Coral's city council is expected to embark Monday on a task of crucial importance: The newly elected board will lay the groundwork for the hiring of a new city manager.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 12:39 pm US/Eastern SOUTH FLORIDA VETERANS DAY EVENTS: Miami Beach Veterans Day Parade: Parade got underway at 9 a.m. on Washington Avenue from 17th to 11th Street.

Community Bank of Florida suffered wider losses in the third quarter as its reserve coverage failed to keep pace with its 28 percent spike in problem loans.

David Zurschmeide, 39, slammed his motorcycle into the back of a tractor-trailer whose driver had stopped to wait for change in a cash lane at the turnpike's Cypress Creek toll plaza in July 2008.

The Monroe County Commission today is expected to select a new Growth Management Division director, one of the most important positions in county government.

After seven months of juggling city managers, the process begins anew for the DeBary City Council.

A search for a new city manager is under way and the cost of replacing the city's last manager, John McCue, might be higher than anticipated.

Tallahassee City Commissioner Gil Ziffer will be the featured speaker during the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee's Hot Topics luncheon.

The Board of Seminole County Commissioners appointed Joe Forte as Acting County Manager during their regularly scheduled Board meeting October 13, 2009.

Share + Oct 7, 2009 2:29 pm US/Eastern HOMESTEAD One day after it was announced that the on-again, off-again annual Homestead Veterans Day Parade was officially "off" for this year a veteran's group has stepped up with an idea for a replacement.