ZEPHYRHILLS - Kathy Lovelace lost her job and was about to lose her house, too. But then she made a seemingly simple request of the bank: Show me the original mortgage paperwork. And just like that, the foreclosure proceedings came to a standstill. ...more

February 18, 2009

Alan Waishkey of Port Richey reacts to the federal economic stimulus bill by saying "nothing is free." ...more

February 18, 2009

The headline jumped out at us: "Tompkins Executed For Teen's Murder." It seems that Florida got around to doing its job of executing a brutal killer. The only problem is that this killer sat in a cell for 25 years, after killing a 15-year-old girl who would have been 40 this year. ...more

February 15, 2009

Law firm Holland & Knight laid off 243 people, consisting of lawyers and support staff, at its 21 offices Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009

Lake County it is. A brief hearing Thursday morning confirmed the trials of two men accused of beating a man known as "The Walker" will be moved to the courthouse in Tavares. ...more

February 13, 2009

Police in the South Carolina county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the superstar swimmer, lawyers for two arrested people said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Live Oak Preserve Association has fired the company that manages its daily operations. ...more

February 4, 2009

The first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother will begin Wednesday morning in Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

January 20, 2009

We are in the deepest recession in the last 20 years and the Hernando Board of County Commissioners is having trouble defining the meaning of "local." ...more

December 21, 2008

As if contractors were not feeling enough pain from the downturn in the economy, in October the Florida Supreme Court gave construction companies yet another burden to overcome. ...more

December 20, 2008