The St. Petersburg City Council voted Thursday to crack down on panhandlers by expanding the downtown zone where begging is outlawed to include certain tourist attractions and areas around them. ...more

January 10, 2008

Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, sank to an all-time low Tuesday as a major home builder offered a grim outlook for the industry and amid signals that the Bush administration is growing more concerned about rising mortgage defaults. ...more

January 9, 2008

Democrat Christine Jennings has withdrawn a lawsuit over her 369-vote loss in a 2006 congressional race because a federal investigation will meet the same goals as the court case, her lawyers said. ...more

November 29, 2007

The Sarasota Family YMCA board pledged Tuesday to make changes to its foster care program, the day after a state report blamed arrogance and defensiveness for the agency's recent poor performance. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The state Attorney General has filed Medicaid-fraud charges against a man who worked for a company providing in-home support for developmentally disabled people. ...more

October 19, 2007

An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail Wednesday, charged with attempted murder of a woman over her small claims court case against him involving a damaged cell phone. ...more

September 27, 2007

A cycle shop owner facing a possible jail sentence over code violations has cleaned up his property enough to earn a time extension. ...more

September 26, 2007