First it was high credit card fees. Then came higher gas prices. Now, hundreds of gas stations around the state are shutting down because their insurance companies will not renew policies unless stations install new double-walled underground gas tanks, which can cost $400,000. ...more

January 24, 2009

A Sebring man was free Monday on $30,000 bail after he was arrested and accused of writing checks for more than $15,000 from his 94-year-old grandmother's checking account. ...more

October 21, 2008

Some things will stretch gas dollars; some won't. ...more

June 10, 2008

PORT RICHEY - Fire trucks blocking U.S. 19 in both directions north of Jasmine Boulevard have just been moved after emergency crews were able to stop a natural gas leak coming from the Congo River miniature golf course construction site. ...more

May 6, 2008

A 70-year-old Winter Haven man possessed lots of gas — illegally, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. Hobert Gibson, of 3435 Recker Highway in Winter Haven, was arrested Tuesday on grand theft charges of stealing thousands of gallons of gas from stations in Pasco and Polk counties. ...more

October 17, 2007