Real estate developer Douglas Weiland, who is trying to stave off a $21.5 million foreclosure lawsuit, got a reprieve last week when county commissioners agreed to let him mine a 135-acre parcel in Dade City for fill dirt to sell for two major road projects. ...more

March 29, 2009

BANKRUPTCIES Middle District of Florida Tampa Division CHAPTER 7 ...more

March 14, 2009

A memorial service for a former University of South Florida football player lost during a boating accident in the Gulf last weekend will be held in Crystal River today. ...more

March 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Mercantile Bank has begun foreclosure proceedings against Ashley Glen, a proposed 2-million-square-foot office complex at the junction of State Road 54 and the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

February 27, 2009

A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

A man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for threatening to kill the president and several federal judges and FBI agents was ordered released from custody today after a federal judge found he no longer poses a danger. ...more

October 10, 2008

A bank robber's escape attempt was foiled today when a dye pack in the money he stole exploded in his getaway vehicle and a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office bloodhound tracked him to his home in the Carrollwood area, deputies say. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 10th anniversary at Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club in San Antonio on Sept. 25. ...more

October 5, 2008

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge denied Wednesday a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 14, 2008

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge this morning denied a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 13, 2008