Law enforcement agencies suspended today the liquor license of a Bradenton bar where two slayings, 29 assaults and 25 drug complaints have occurred over the past 3 1/2 years. ...more

February 22, 2009

In what the county's administrator called "a very important moment," the county commission on Tuesday approved a deal to hand over the emergency management department to the sheriff's office. ...more

December 3, 2008

Patella appointed permanent director ...more

December 3, 2008

The owner and managers of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant were charged Tuesday with more than 9,000 misdemeanors alleging they hired minors and in some cases had children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment such as circular saws, meat grinders and power shears. ...more

September 10, 2008

Government workers won't find out for sure until September how much more money they will receive in their paychecks. ...more

July 31, 2008

Phosphate giant The Mosaic Co. said Wednesday that it is planning a new divisional headquarters building in the FishHawk Ranch area, where it will consolidate 400 jobs from across the area. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - Phosphate giant The Mosaic Co. is planning a new divisional headquarters building in the FishHawk Ranch area, where it will consolidate 400 jobs from around the area. The company said today it has signed an agreement to buy 7.4 acres along FishHawk Boulevard from Newland Communities, the developer of FishHawk Ranch. There, it will build a 100,000-square-foot office building to house administrative and management employees working for Mosaic's phosphate and supply chain units. ...more

July 9, 2008

CHICAGO - United Airlines said today that it's cutting up to 1,100 more jobs, removing 100 fuel-guzzling airplanes from its fleet and slashing domestic capacity as it tries to cope with spiraling fuel prices. ...more

June 4, 2008

Delta Air Lines is cutting at least 1,000 more jobs than it previously planned because the number of employees who accepted voluntary severance offers exceeded the company's goal. ...more

May 31, 2008