TAMPA - In a business that has long been considered impervious to recessions, casino operators in Las Vegas say that money is tight and profits are down. ...more

July 1, 2008

Home prices tumbled in the Tampa Bay area in April, a slide that has continued for months and mirrors a national trend. ...more

June 25, 2008

Things may look bleak for Florida's public university system, where schools are slashing budgets and laying off workers because of a tight state budget. ...more

February 12, 2008

Selling classical music isn't unlike hawking ice in Alaska or potato chips in the Sahara desert. ...more

January 19, 2008

Although the national trend in holiday giving appears on the rise, many Tampa charities are falling short of end-of-year goals, even as they're serving more clients than ever. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — Around the holidays and on Fridays, there's a greater chance students will be facing a substitute teacher in their classroom. With so many teachers taking off the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving, on a "proposed" calendar for the 2007-08 school year there is no school for the entire week. The school districts in Polk and Hardee counties, and some others in the state, take the week off, Deputy Superintendent Rodney Hollinger told the school board Tuesday. It should be considered for Highlands County because of the large number of substitutes who work on the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, he said. ...more

November 26, 2007

Most of Florida's major daily newspapers saw circulation slide in the six months ended Sept. 30 compared with the same period a year ago, figures released Monday show. ...more

November 6, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Housing Department is known primarily for helping low- and moderate-income people reach the American dream of home ownership. ...more

October 25, 2007

SEBRING — To stay on course, Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton held a four-hour strategic planning session Friday at the jury assembly room in the courthouse. The idea was to review the sheriff's existing three year strategic plan for 2006 to 2009, and to extend it out one more year to 2010. Benton's theme is: "Vision without action is only a dream, (but) vision with action can change the world." Crime statistics for most major crimes have been dropping, not just in Highlands County, but as a national trend, Benton said. ...more

September 23, 2007