I see the solution to the auto industry problem, and it would fix strained finances for all allied businesses up and down the line. People who build cars should cut their own wages by 25 percent. ...more

December 3, 2008

Firefighters are investigating an early morning blaze at a Suzuki car dealership in Brandon. ...more

December 1, 2008

The Internal Revenue Service will lower its standard-mileage-reimbursement rate on Jan. 1 to 55 cents a mile - 3.5 cents less than the current rate - in part because gasoline prices have declined, the IRS said in a written statement. ...more

November 29, 2008

A recent editorial in the Tampa Tribune warns us that a "whiff of cheap gasoline tempts us to be wasteful." Let's not fall victim to this temptation. ...more

November 24, 2008

Suncoast Trail users will find themselves parking in another lot while interchange construction takes place at Lutz-Lake Fern Road. The Suncoast Parkway project is under way and the construction will cause the present trailhead parking lot to close sometime in December. ...more

November 21, 2008

A Plant High School student remained in jail this morning, accused of breaking into several cars and stealing thousands of dollars in electronics over the past month. Isaac William Nguyen, 18, 3303 N. Lakeview Drive, Apt. 1713, was charged with multiple counts of car burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property. He remained in the Orient Road Jail this morning. Bail was set at $22,500. He was arrested at his home late Thursday night. ...more

November 21, 2008

One person is dead after a car crash this morning that has closed 22nd Avenue South between 20th Street South and 27th Street South. ...more

November 17, 2008

Two teens died Monday night after their cars collided on Hudson Avenue near Hays Road in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 11, 2008