Like hundreds of thousands of people, my folks down in south Louisiana spent more than a week without electricity after Hurricane Gustav barreled through. ...more

September 19, 2008

Residents of the Charlotte Square Condominiums are angry and concerned after learning that hundreds of thousands of dollars from several of the condominium association's accounts have reportedly turned up missing. ...more

September 18, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. Don Riggans, 34, faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of life for possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking. He also has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess hydrocodone, a charge that carries up to five years behind bars. ...more

September 11, 2008

Lost or displaced Gulf Coast residents will be able to search for families in Hurricane Gustav's aftermath through a new FEMA locator system created as a lesson learned from the chaotic 2005 storms, FEMA director R. David Paulison said Sunday. ...more

September 1, 2008

As I kept one eye on the Olympics from Beijing the past couple of days, and another on the approaching tropical storm-hurricane, I couldn't help but recall the titanic 2001 effort by a group led by former Hillsborough Commissioner Ed Turanchik to win the 2012 Olympics for Central Florida. ...more

August 19, 2008

As Florida's coffers shrink in the face of a dour economy, confusion over a tax statute threatens to choke the flow of home sales at a time when the state is struggling under the burden of millions of unsold properties. ...more

August 13, 2008

State workers said Friday that the computer glitches that blocked state Medicaid payments will be identified this week and fixed soon. ...more

July 26, 2008

A growing number of American children are taking drugs for a wide range of chronic conditions related to childhood obesity, according to prescription data from three large organizations. ...more

July 26, 2008

State workers expect that the computer glitches that blocked state Medicaid payments will be identified this week and fixed soon. ...more

July 25, 2008