Pinellas detectives have arrested a Clearwater man in connection with a pair of bank robberies and say he's a suspect in three others. ...more

November 21, 2008

First came the banks looking for a federal rescue plan to stay afloat. Next it was the automakers seeking a bailout. And now state governments say they, too, need emergency federal assistance to remain solvent. ...more

November 17, 2008

The most idiotic nonsense design by any automobile manufacturer was made by Ford and probably others was to change the material of the intake manifold, I think it's called, and which I refer to as the water jacket on top of the engine, next to and under the injectors, to plastic. This water jacket replacement recently cost me over $1,000 to replace in my Crown Victoria because plastic cannot be welded good enough to withstand the high temperatures from the engine that the liquid carries. Metal can be welded. Ford, in their stupidity, had changed this important engine part from metal, which lasts over 20 years, to a short-life plastic. When this liquid jacket-manifold burst on my 1,500-mile trip on a Saturday, my trip was completely ruined as no one works on weekends in the Carolinas and no banks are open, and no small independent mechanics that you might find will accept credit cards. ...more

November 14, 2008

There will be no garbage pickup today in Avon Park. Today's garbage will be picked up on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Thursday and Friday pickup in Avon Park remains the same. There will be pickup as normal in Lake Placid, in the unincorporated areas and the City of Sebring. ...more

November 11, 2008

12:59 p.m.: Roberta Banks, wearing a gold satin floor-length dress and a black wig held in place with a scarf, greeted voters with a sign that read "Help Me Get Married" at precincts 562 and 566 at the University Area Community Center Complex. ...more

November 4, 2008

The government will borrow a record $550 billion in the current quarter as it scrambles to fund the huge rescue programs being put in place to deal with the worst financial crisis in seven decades. ...more

November 3, 2008

The still-cinched credit markets are anticipating a half-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week, but investors are worried it won't be enough to quickly revive the economy. ...more

October 28, 2008

SEBRING The Sebring Police Department is advising the public to be wary of folks who might approach them and say they have won the Florida lottery. On Wednesday, Officer John Garrison met with a fraud victim, who said she met an unidentified Hispanic male and female at Winn-Dixie. The man told her he had won $3 million in the lottery, but could not cash the ticket because he was in the country illegally, according to an offense report. ...more

October 16, 2008

Former Tampa Bay Lightning player Dave Andreychuk will deliver the keynote speech at the Credit Union Expo on Saturday at the University of South Florida Sun Dome. ...more

October 16, 2008

Cypress Point Park is back in business after storms and steady erosion whittled away the banks of the park on the western edge of Cypress Street on Tampa Bay. Traffic is expected to slow near Cypress Point where the city has scheduled a rededication ceremony this morning to mark the end of the park's shoreline restoration. ...more

October 14, 2008