Power plants operated by Progress Energy were pushed close to their limits last week as demand for electricity reached an all-time high, the utility said today. ...more

February 10, 2009

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the possible misappropriation of federal grant money loaned to a now-defunct steel manufacturing firm by a local nonprofit housing and employment organization. ...more

February 10, 2009

A combination of mild weather and the lagging Florida economy pummeled earnings at TECO Energy Inc. ...more

February 7, 2009

Sparton Corp. announced Friday it had cut 6 percent of its workforce - including 24 employees at its Hernando County location. ...more

February 7, 2009

Todd Haley was hired as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday after helping the Arizona Cardinals reach the Super Bowl as coordinator of one of the NFL's most exciting offenses. ...more

February 7, 2009

Everybody's talking about David William Earley. His former wife calls him a deadbeat dad. A state prosecutor wants him behind bars. And now a local community organization said maybe Earley is really just dead broke. If so, said Michael Bernstein of Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, the New Port Richey man is in good company. Earley, who may face prison for failure to pay a quarter-million dollars in child support and for hiding from probation officers, is like a lot of people helped by Jewish Family Services, Bernstein suggests. ...more

February 5, 2009

The support was almost overwhelming. The end product was a playground for East Tampa children. ...more

February 4, 2009

Another Sarasota resident has been charged with securities fraud. ...more

February 3, 2009