With gangs statewide gaining a toehold in a wide range of criminal enterprises, state and Bay officials put their heads together today to address the problem. ...more

September 9, 2008

The Florida Attorney General's Office announced today a settlement with a national food distributor involved in a bait and switch scandal at more than a dozen local restaurants accused of serving fake grouper to customers. ...more

September 3, 2008

Florida is busy assessing the effects of Tropical Storm Fay and bracing for further damage should the storm make its third landfall in the state. ...more

August 20, 2008

When the Clemency Board last year approved Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to automatically restore the voting rights of most felons, Attorney General Bill McCollum was the lone holdout. Now in the wake of the state's mortgage-broker scandal, McCollum is again painting all ex-offenders with a broad brush. ...more

August 18, 2008

Florida's top regulator of mortgage brokers said Tuesday that he will leave his post Sept. 30 amid continuing criticism for allowing thousands of ex-convicts to obtain mortgage brokering licenses and, in some cases, commit fraud. ...more

August 13, 2008

The outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business, no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 11, 2008

The Outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business – no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 1, 2008

The former vice president of one of the nation's largest subprime lenders was convicted Wednesday for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than 100 loans in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Pinellas counties. ...more

July 31, 2008

TAMPA - The former vice president of one of the nation's largest subprime lenders was convicted Wednesday for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than 100 loans in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Pinellas counties. ...more

July 30, 2008

Plant City Photo Archives and television station WUSF, Channel 16, have won a 2008 Silver Telly Award for the documentary "Plant City Goes to War." ...more

July 30, 2008