When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free-fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments. ...more

March 15, 2009

When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments. ...more

March 7, 2009

A celebration of the Santa Lucia Festival of Light will take place Saturday at the Italian Club, 1731 E. Seventh Ave. ...more

December 10, 2008

President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. These days, our two presidential nominees won't dare ask for personal sacrifice. Both are convinced they will lose an election as a result. We're not so sure. ...more

October 22, 2008

Recently discovered victims of former Department of Children & Families' spokesman Al Zimmerman were not clients of the state agency, said DCF Secretary George Sheldon. ...more

October 16, 2008

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center today ranks among the country's most prestigious, and Warren K. Sumners helped raise the curtain on its success. ...more

November 30, 2007

LAKELAND - It has been a year since Polk County Deputy Doug Speirs stopped a man in a rental car for speeding on 10th Street in north Lakeland, a routine moment of law enforcement work that set off one of the darkest days in Polk County history. Today, a crowd of deputies and police officers mixed with the public to mark the somber anniversary. ...more

September 28, 2007