For several years, elected officials at every level have been promising big tax cuts. Voters, when finally given a chance to weigh in on the issue in January, overwhelmingly approved an amendment that was part of what Gov. Charlie Crist called the largest tax cut in Florida history. ...more

September 14, 2008

His wife is so stunned, she cannot talk. His 2-year-old son cannot understand why his father hasn't come home from the convenience store he has owned for eight years. ...more

August 20, 2008

A convenience store owner shot in the head Sunday during a robbery has died, causing criminal charges against two men charged in his shooting to be upgraded to first-degree murder, police said. ...more

August 19, 2008

Ed Kaberna tells a story of a guy- he assumes it was a guy - who backed his truck up to a pay phone in Manatee County, wrapped the phone in heavy chains, and pulled the whole thing out of the ground, 4-inch concrete foundation and all, for a couple hundred dollars in quarters, nickels and dimes. ...more

August 4, 2008

It'll be a while before police in the small Pasco municipality of Port Richey know if the new red-light camera system on U.S. 19 will habitually deter lead-footed motorists who drive irresponsibly and risk innocent lives. ...more

July 16, 2008

Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his 7-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better. ...more

June 20, 2008

AVON PARK — Remember January, when gas was $3.25 a gallon? Wall Street analysts were predicting gasoline would sell for $4 a gallon this summer. And here it is, still three weeks before summer begins, and the Shell convenience store in Avon Park just raised its price to $4.059 for a gallon of unleaded. Don't blame it on the store, said Mohammed Shamim, the owner. The store is still making just two or three cents per gallon as its profit. But fuel sales are off 25 percent. Since convenience stores use gasoline as a price leader to draw customers inside the store, sales of groceries are off 30 percent, Shamim said. ...more

May 29, 2008

I just finished watching "60 Minutes" and wonder just what is going on in this country? Men wrongly accused and losing their lives in prison over state attorneys that are hell bent on justifying their jobs and future. ...more

May 8, 2008

Here's a better solution for people stockpiling food supplies because they fear a shortage: Eat less. ...more

May 6, 2008

Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to attempt a new form of gun control by cracking down on fake firearms. ...more

May 4, 2008