Financial advisers and brokers in the Tampa Bay area found themselves caught up in the turmoil of Wall Street this week as anxious clients called looking for help making sense of the breathtaking sweep of events. The tumult culminated Friday with a federal government plan to cleanse banks of the bad mortgages that had touched off a world financial crisis. The government plan ignited a two-day rally on Wall Street on Thursday and Friday that erased shattering losses earlier in the week when insurance giant AIG, swept up in the mortgage mess, teetered on bankruptcy. ...more

September 20, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate hit 6.5 percent last month, the highest in 13 years. ...more

September 20, 2008

To say Plant High WR Allen Sampson feels at home in the Panthers' offense is an understatement. ...more

September 12, 2008

There have been prettier sights. There have been better high school football games. ...more

September 6, 2008

DEFENSIVE MVP PROFILE Central needs two-way lineman Brooks Reid to have a great season. ...more

September 4, 2008

When a high school football team like Central loses four of its five top rushers, its top three receivers, its top five scorers, then the pressure is put on the returning players to make something happen the next season. ...more

September 4, 2008

They are the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the Tribune's preseason poll, the Nos. 1 and 3 teams in the Class 4A state rankings. ...more

September 1, 2008