Home foreclosures and late payments set records over the first three months of the year and are expected to keep rising, stark signs of the housing crisis' mounting damage to homeowners and the economy. ...more

June 6, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida Power & Light is asking to be allowed to charge more for electricity because of skyrocketing fuel costs. ...more

June 4, 2008

Monday's small brushfire in Avon Park Estates will hopefully serve as a reminder for residents to be prepared. To see just how devastating brushfires can be, check what happened in Brevard County last week. All it took apparently was tossing a cigarette and the result was thousands of acres of land burned, 30 homes destroyed, 140 structures damaged, people displaced and lives impacted for years to come. Although May is officially the last month of the brushfire season, the threat of fire is still very possible in many parts of the state. It has been dry – as evidenced by lawns turning brown – and will likely continue to remain that way. May is traditionally one of the driest months of the year in Florida. ...more

May 17, 2008

Clear Channel Communications, a major outdoor advertising and radio company that owns several stations in the Tampa area, reported higher first-quarter earnings Friday on asset sales, but operating results were flat, reflecting weak demand for radio advertising. ...more

May 10, 2008

Voter excitement, always increased by a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof so far this year, with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey that offers the first national snapshot. ...more

May 6, 2008

NATION Bank Unclear On Debt Bank of America, which has announced plans to buy Countrywide Financial, said in a regulatory filing that there were no assurances that a big chunk of the distressed subprime mortgage lender's debt would be redeemed, assumed or guaranteed. ...more

May 3, 2008

Ambulance drivers are spending more time jockeying through traffic this time of year thanks to a spike in flu patients who require emergency medical care. ...more

February 24, 2008

The squall line that blew through Central Florida on Monday couldn't have had lousier timing. Not only did it declare, in soaking fashion, a startling end to a week's worth of chamber of commerce weather, it did so in lock step with the high school bands marching down Seventh Street to proclaim the start of the 61st Pasco County Fair, reducing their traditional trumpeting to so much brass-plated gargling. ...more

February 21, 2008

Red-light running has become epidemic in Hillsborough County. In the last two years, more than 800 crashes and three fatalities happened when someone didn't stop for a red light. ...more

February 4, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Super Tuesday contests, aides said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008