When Can We Expect Relief? Just a few months ago oil was at $145 a barrel. Yesterday it closed at $46. Effectively a 68 percent drop. Gasoline was $4 a gallon and is now about $1.83 - a 54 percent drop. ...more

December 6, 2008

Troopers have identified a man killed while trying to cross a busy Interstate 4 near Interstate 75 Wednesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 27, 2008

Alice Paxton of New Port Richey says rising electricity rates, on top of other economic problems, is creating a crazy situation. ...more

November 22, 2008

Residents aren't the only ones pumped up by low gas prices. ...more

November 15, 2008

Residents aren't the only ones pumped up by low gas prices. The county scored a deal that allows them to get a good deal on gasoline and diesel fuel from a Tampa supplier. ...more

November 15, 2008

As the price of crude oil moves closer to $60 per barrel, retail costs at the pump drop further toward the $2 mark. ...more

November 10, 2008

One month ago, the average gallon of gas cost $3.67. Since then, it has dropped by $1.21. ...more

November 3, 2008

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has dropped below $3 a gallon in the Tampa Bay area, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Local retailers are charging, on average, $2.94 for a gallon of regular unleaded, down from $3.78 a month ago, AAA reported today. A year ago, the same grade of fuel was averaging $2.79 a gallon in the Bay area. ...more

October 20, 2008

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree, the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. ...more

October 17, 2008

Canada's national media are projecting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face election since the global financial meltdown, has led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday's election. ...more

October 15, 2008