$17.4 billion Amount in government loans General Motors and Chrysler will use in three months ...more

February 22, 2009

PLANT CITY Visitors to the Florida Strawberry Festival will notice that the main stage has a new name. GTE Federal Credit Union is the title sponsor for the stage. Previous sponsors have included Southern Chevrolet dealers and Chrysler. ...more

February 20, 2009

The U.S. auto industry needs even more help from the government to survive than originally thought. General Motors on Tuesday said it could need up to $30 billion from the Treasury Department to keep operating. Included in that amount is $13.4 billion the company has already received. Previously, GM had said it could need as much as $18 billion. ...more

February 17, 2009

While millions of people were either directly or indirectly involved in the causes for A.I.G. and other necessary bailouts, if we were limited to only five words as the most responsible, they would be: Bill Clinton and Barney Frank. ...more

February 5, 2009

A man who drove around railroad crossing gates was killed when a train hit his sport utility vehicle late Wednesday night in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 29, 2009

The Silver Alert issued this week for a missing 65-year-old dementia patient has been canceled. ...more

January 15, 2009

Authorities have issued a Silver Alert for a 65-year-old dementia patient missing since this morning. ...more

January 14, 2009

A 20-year-old Plant City man was arrested and charged with armed carjacking, false imprisonment and aggravated battery Friday night, the Plant City Police Department reported. ...more

January 10, 2009

$266.9 billion Amount the Treasury Department has disbursed from the $700 billion financial rescue program, according to an announcement Thursday ...more

January 9, 2009

It was an awful December for carmakers, but the fortunes were most terrible for Chrysler LLC, which said Monday that sales plunged 53 percent. ...more

January 6, 2009