FAC News Clips

COUNTY  Tampa Bay Times  Manatee County wants to stop development expansion. Will Florida allow it?  County commissioners may be in for a fight against state officials and developer interests.    [...]

COUNTY  News 4 Jax  New $38M sports complex in St. Johns County to include 8 rectangular fields, a track, playgrounds and more  The county will break ground on the SJC [...]

COUNTY  Chronicle Online  Davis pulls back quasi-judicial code change   Citrus County Commissioner Holly Davis on Tuesday suggested staff prepare an ordinance to amend the code for quasi-judicial hearings, but [...]

COUNTY  Bradenton Herald  FL makes surprise move to stop Manatee’s wetland protections   As Manatee County leaders were poised for a final vote to restore local wetland protections, state officials [...]

COUNTY  Fox 35  Orange County firefighters test augmented reality helmets in smoke-filled rescues   ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange County Fire Rescue is testing new augmented reality (AR) helmets that improve visibility [...]

COUNTY  WTSP  Pinellas County commissioners approve $813M 'Disaster Recovery Action Plan'   Following a public comment period, the county says it will submit the plan to the U.S. Department of [...]

COUNTY  Your Observer  Sarasota commissioners OK a range of dredging plans, spending   The first of what could be a succession of dredging projects in Phillippi Creek will likely begin [...]

COUNTY  Fox 13  Pinellas leaders to weigh plan for $813M in hurricane relief funds   PETERSBURG, Fla. - Pinellas County commissioners are expected to talk Tuesday about a plan to spend more than [...]

COUNTY  Tallahassee Democrat  Florida drought. See list driest counties, rain forecast, burn bans  More than 16 million people in Florida, 82% of the state, are suffering from drought conditions ranging [...]

COUNTY  Ocala News  Half of the horses competing in the 2025 Kentucky Derby have ties to Marion County   At least half of the horses competing in the 2025 Kentucky [...]