The defendant's attorney requested that the trial, Aaron Seward vs. The Knoll Century Hill Homeowners Association Inc. be postponed. The court has rescheduled the trial for April 7. Many homeowners are stuck with paying assessments of $300 to $600 as of this month. If the plaintiff got a favorable decision on Dec. 30 when the trial was scheduled to be held, homeowners would not be forced to pay this assessment in these hard economic times. This allows the Knolls H.O.A. Inc., to collect tens of thousands of dollars in assessments that they say came due on Jan. 1, one day after the trial was to be heard. ...more

January 6, 2010

A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to." ...more

December 26, 2009

If you belong to a credit union, some unexpected fees may be coming your way. At least three Tampa Bay Area credit unions are now charging members for using a debit card with their personal identification number, or PIN, at stores and gas stations. ...more

December 18, 2009

If you belong to a credit union, some unexpected fees may be coming your way. ...more

December 17, 2009

Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year. ...more

December 4, 2009

TAMPA What drives someone to sleep in a tent outside an electronics store for two days? You could say "bargains," but you'd be only half right. The people camped outside the Best Buy store on North Dale Mabry Highway said they were celebrating Thanksgiving in a fun, if non-traditional, way. ...more

November 26, 2009

A Sebring woman was arrested Monday on a warrant alleging she took tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly woman's accounts while acting as her power of attorney. ...more

November 26, 2009

Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Pageant is coming to Dade City next year. The pageant is expected to draw hundreds of people to the area when the contest opens April 23. ...more

November 7, 2009

"Is he gonna turn the switch, or what's he gonna do?" At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the five men in the coffee clatch at McDonald's were manning their usual stations. None planned to go to the Turner Center, where the president's helicopter was supposed to meet a motorcade of a dozen black Suburbans, white government SUVs and local police cars. ...more

October 28, 2009

Local teenager Shawnee Lester, 17, has been selected to represent Florida at the 2009 Miss American Teen Pageant. ...more

October 15, 2009