Louisiana businessman Mike Flaherty said he was surprised to learn that the Dunedin-based financial company Landmark Leasing LLC was going out of business after he sent a check for more than $3,500 for an equipment lease on what he thought was a done deal. He also was surprised Wednesday when he got the money back. ...more

December 11, 2008

The BayWalk entertainment complex in St. Petersburg is still open, but there is a question about how long it can survive. ...more

December 9, 2008

The nation's premier accrediting agency for zoos and aquariums has suspended its endorsement of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 6, 2008

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has been notified that its membership in a national group that accredits zoos and aquariums has been suspended. ...more

December 5, 2008

Amid news reports that Without Walls International Church is in foreclosure, Pastor Randy White stood at the pulpit Sunday and blamed critics and creditors for trying to bring down the former megachurch. ...more

November 10, 2008

3:30 p.m.: Joyce Sharp of Clearwater saw the news reports about the early voting lines, some of them nearly two hours long, and decided she wanted no part of it. ...more

November 4, 2008

Global Funding LLC, a financial company in Clearwater that is the subject of four government investigations, three lawsuits and dozens of complaints is out of business, according to a public relations firm hired by Global. ...more

November 3, 2008

In her recent column, Frances Earl states that outright lies were being said about Sen. Barack Obama. Of course, things like Obama being a Muslim or not being an American citizen are downright stupid, and I agree with her with as far as that. ...more

October 25, 2008

The U.S. Marshals Service has captured a man sought in the 2006 slayings of two Pasco County teenagers, authorities said this morning. Luc Pierre-Charles Jr., 20, is being held at the Brevard County Jail, according to an online database search. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Pierre-Charles, who was on the Marshals' 15 Most Wanted List. ...more

October 7, 2008

About the only thing Angel Lockett remembers clearly about the night that would change her life and so many others in this old railroad town is the smell of stale beer and cigarettes that permeated the little TV repair shop across the street from the Silver Dollar Saloon. ...more

September 28, 2008