More than 200 Highlands County taxpayers are owed money by the IRS. The IRS is looking for 203 county residents who have yet to receive a refund check. The average citizen due a refund is missing $650, or $131,983 countywide. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Internal Revenue Service says overdue economic stimulus checks will soon be mailed to about a quarter of a million married couples who had been denied the money because a spouse's married name and Social Security number didn't match. ...more

October 19, 2008

Bay area elections supervisors are laying plans to deal with what they fear could be hundreds of people who have problems voting Nov. 4 because of the state's "No Match, No Vote" law. ...more

October 10, 2008

Some of the Tampa area's largest hospitals are starting to modernize one of the most meaningful and important milestones in a baby's life: getting a birth certificate. ...more

October 9, 2008

Some of the Tampa area's largest hospitals are starting to modernize one of the most meaningful and important milestones in a baby's life: getting a birth certificate. St. Joseph's Women's Hospital and others are starting to use a new portable computer system to generate a birth certificate in the mother's hospital room – dramatically speeding up a vital, but sometimes cumbersome, bureaucratic process. ...more

October 8, 2008

Motorists who violate any of several new state laws will face heavy fines and or suspensions starting on Oct. 1, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 30, 2008

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is announcing changes that will affect Florida drivers and department customers beginning Oct. 1. ...more

September 12, 2008

Grow Financial is warning its customers about a fraudulent phone and e-mail scam. ...more

September 7, 2008

TAMPA Grow Financial is warning its customers about an e-mail scam. ...more

September 6, 2008

An appellate attorney in the high-profile drug, sex and torture case against Steven Lorenzo is arguing that the prosecution was illegitimate because the government is "notorious worldwide for subduing, torturing and killing people on a large and systematic scale." ...more

September 6, 2008