Construction of the sheriff's Law Enforcement building could be delayed for several months, and the county's construction of Phase Two of Sebring Parkway will be scaled back due to the nationwide economic downturn. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday introduced a program to finance the purchases of assets from money market mutual funds as the government continued to search for ways to battle a severe credit crisis. ...more

October 22, 2008

End Of An Era When the residents of Lexington fired on the British troops, there was no appreciation for the moment defining the nation's birth pangs. Yet it did. And when "the shot heard round the world" was iconized, that space and its many actors gained immortality. ...more

October 19, 2008

Bear Stearns shareholders have approved JPMorgan Chase's buyout, ending the saga of the 85-year-old pillar of Wall Street that crumbled under the weight of its own wagers on high-risk mortgages. ...more

May 30, 2008

The biggest banks in the United States, with active encouragement from the Treasury Department, unveiled a plan Monday to keep the housing-related debt crisis from worsening. ...more

October 16, 2007