THE PROMISES Church member Ruth McGinnis lent the Whites $170,000 in 1995 to help them buy a home. They never paid her back or cared for her as promised. LaShonda Dupree didn't get a home she believed she won in a church-sponsored essay contest in 2002. The Whites repaid McGinnis and bought Dupree a home after their stories ran in the Tribune. ...more

November 11, 2007

Some leaders of churches targeted in an investigation by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley are wrestling with how to comply with his request for detailed financial information on their ministries. Some say they have nothing to hide. ...more

November 7, 2007

It's a messy problem. County commissioners on Wednesday will be asked to vote on changes that could put several trash-hauling companies out of business in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 5, 2007

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is recommending denial of one of three permits for the city's multimillion-dollar dredging project. ...more

October 31, 2007

The day Pasco County commissioners opened the multimillion-dollar Shady Hills waste-to-energy plant, protesters lined the streets. ...more

October 21, 2007

Cubans are migrating to the United States in the greatest numbers in more than a decade, and for most of them the new way to get north is first to head west - to Mexico - in a convoluted route that avoids the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

October 16, 2007

City council members will seek to replace the private consulting firm that has been advising them on a multimillion-dollar dredging project. ...more

October 11, 2007

The Port Authority Board wants the city to fire the private consultants advising officials on the multimillion-dollar dredging project because of a loss of confidence in the firm's ability to complete the permitting process. ...more

September 27, 2007

Three people were each sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for participation in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud life insurance policy investors, authorities said. ...more

September 26, 2007