City Councilman Joseph Caetano's financial woes continue to escalate. The bank that holds the mortgage to a condo he owns in Equestrian Parc Highwoods Preserve has begun foreclosure proceedings on the property, seeking about $140,000 from the New Tampa councilman, including the loan principal and unpaid interest. ...more

March 19, 2009

City Councilman Joseph Caetano's financial woes continue to escalate. ...more

March 18, 2009

City Manager Billy Poe has a vision in his head for downtown's Meridian Avenue. ...more

February 7, 2009

Now that the Pinellas School District has decided to close a number of schools to save money, people at Palm Harbor Elementary School, which is on the closure list, will continue to focus until the end on education, its PTA president says. That would be a good way to say farewell to the 82-year-old school. ...more

January 17, 2009

Money used to be like religion or sex: It wasn't talked about in polite company. ...more

November 9, 2008

Pinellas Park police shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 21, 2008

Police in Pinellas Park shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 20, 2008

It looks like PACK will get by with a little help from its friends. ...more

May 21, 2008

Howie Carroll, the embattled director of Hillsborough County's affordable housing office, has been demoted but will continue working for the county. ...more

May 20, 2008

Tarek and Evibeth Bathiche are a young military couple in a heap of debt. Both are 24-year-old Army sergeants stationed at Fort Meade, Md., and together they owe $27,600 on six credit cards. They need a drill sergeant to force them to shape up their financial lives, and I'm going to be as tough as I can be. ...more

February 24, 2008