TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Officials say qualified individuals can shorten the time it takes to get a concealed weapon license by visiting one of eight licensing division regional offices. ...more

October 6, 2009

SEBRING Keller Williams Realtors in Sebring will be doing their part for charity during a special open house event today that is called "Paint The Town Red." Eight properties are being listed in Sebring for the open house, which will run from noon to 3 p.m. The addresses are: 510 Aston Martin Drive, 315 Eagle Ave., 4047 Leaf Road, 2510 Par Road, 3337 Sparta Road, 4204 Thompson Ave., 1520 Vicki Drive and 305 Wren Ave. ...more

February 8, 2009

Two years after getting zoning approval to build a $500 million, 48-acre residential and commercial development in Tampa Heights, the developer is getting its first project. The Beck Group will break ground at 2 p.m. today on a two-story office building at North Highland and Seventh avenues. The building will house the architecture, construction and development company's regional offices. ...more

December 5, 2008

After hundreds of veterans' claims documents were found recently in paper bins, waiting to be shredded, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is considering widespread changes to its policies to better protect VA records. ...more

November 4, 2008

A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating how benefit claims documents nearly got destroyed at four regional offices, including Bay Pines Health Care System in St. Petersburg. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating how benefit claims documents nearly got destroyed at four regional offices, including Bay Pines Health Care System in St. Petersburg. ...more

October 23, 2008

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage, said Monday it has reached a deal to buy the Asian operations of bankrupt U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. The deal includes Lehman's businesses in Japan and Australia. ...more

September 23, 2008

Pest control giant Orkin Inc. has settled out of court with the owners of a Tampa apartment complex who claimed employees from the extermination company forged inspection forms and did not notify owners of the extent of the termite damage on the property. ...more

November 17, 2007