Governor Charlie Crist is asking that a federal disaster be declared after heavy rains flooded central and northeast Florida. ...more

May 25, 2009

It may come as no surprise, but bankruptcies surged in Central Florida last year, especially among businesses. ...more

March 6, 2009

With Pasco County tinder-dry, county commissioners instituted their earliest-ever burn ban Tuesday for all unincorporated areas. ...more

February 25, 2009

Pasco County commissioners enacted a burn ban today. ...more

February 24, 2009

Investigators say they're whittling through more than 1,600 leads received since 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings disappeared in northeast Florida before two weeks ago. ...more

February 22, 2009

In the wake of a brush fire that threatened homes in southwest Pasco County, county commissioners on Tuesday will consider an emergency action to ban all burning countywide. ...more

February 21, 2009

The 17-year-old who was watching over 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings in northeast Florida before she went missing two weeks ago is denying reports of not being home at the time. ...more

February 20, 2009

PALATKA, Fla. - Investigators searching for a missing 5-year-old northeast Florida girl say they are looking into tips that the 17-year-old girlfriend of the child's father may not have been home when Haleigh Cummings vanished. ...more

February 18, 2009

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 5-year-old girl from Putnam County in northeast Florida. Haleigh Cummings was last seen at her home in Satsuma at 3 this morning, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 10, 2009

A brutal, stunning freeze is forecast to envelop nearly all of Florida tonight, with temperatures dropping into the 20s except in Pinellas County and along narrow ribbons on the southeast coast and the Keys. ...more

February 4, 2009