Progress Energy, please stop killing our squirrels. I know you are aware of the fact that you have a problem with either the wiring or the transformer at the top of the telephone pole in the 900 block of Shamrock Drive. The reason I know that you know there is a problem is because when a squirrel walks the line where the defect is, he or she sets off a chain of events as follows: 1. The sound of a cannon being fired. 2. The squirrel being electrocuted. 3. The loss of electricity in homes. 4. Progress Energy is called to restore electricity in homes. 5. One hour later Progress Energy arrives 6. Progress Energy, with a long pole, resets the breaker at the transformer, then leaves. ...more

February 16, 2008

Turning away a squad of Marine Corps reservists planning a weekend of training downtown has put this city's mayor in the crossfire of veterans. ...more

February 14, 2008

Motorists will have to swap a couple of years of inconvenience for a smoother ride on U.S. 92. ...more

February 13, 2008

Motorists will have to swap a couple of years of inconvenience for a smoother ride on U.S. 92. ...more

February 9, 2008

The inconvenience of a county work project in the front yards of residents on Lake Magdalene Drive has ranged from "minor" to "completely inconvenient," homeowners say. ...more

January 26, 2008

SEBRING — Progress Energy linemen worked through the cold weather Thursday to restore electricity to pockets of residents throughout the county without electricity. ...more

January 4, 2008

More than 3 million people will have to wait until February to get their tax refunds because of Congress' late fix to the alternative minimum tax, the IRS said Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2007

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said Wednesday it was having problems processing gift cards. ...more

December 27, 2007

Your Dec. 19 editorial, "Dingfelder Plays Emotional Games with Necessary City Cutbacks," and a separate article in the Metro section, "City's Ax Aims At Minorities" prompt me to respond on several levels and issues. ...more

December 26, 2007

Born with a rare kind of cataracts that defied treatment, Kenlyn South spent most of her life legally blind. ...more

December 13, 2007