If you need extra motivation to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes this summer, consider this from the Florida Department of Health: ...more

July 12, 2008

Phosphate giant The Mosaic Co. said Wednesday that it is planning a new divisional headquarters building in the FishHawk Ranch area, where it will consolidate 400 jobs from across the area. ...more

July 10, 2008

Jim McKay, the longtime host of the ground-breaking "ABC's Wide World of Sports" who died in early June at the age of 86, would have loved what is going on in Pasco County. ...more

June 29, 2008

The James A. Haley VA Hospital & Clinics is the busiest of the nation's 164 Veterans Administration hospitals and the fifth most complex in terms of medical care provided. ...more

June 11, 2008

Twenty years after an off-duty San Francisco police officer was found shot to death in his car, investigators have connected the case to a Florida prison inmate with Tampa Bay area ties. ...more

June 6, 2008

Secondary assistant principals are now getting the same rights as other 12-month employees in the Hernando County School District. ...more

June 6, 2008

Secondary assistant principals are now getting the same rights as other 12-month employees in the Hernando County School District. ...more

June 5, 2008

Twenty years after an off-duty San Francisco police officer was found shot to death in his car, investigators have connected the case to a Florida prison inmate with Tampa Bay ties. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — Of Highlands County's nine baby deaths in 2007, three are a result of mothers sleeping with their babies. It's called co-sleeping, and officials say it's a big problem in Highlands County. Deborah Hadley, program manager of Healthy Families for Highlands County, said family support workers with Healthy Families, who visit mothers in the home, are reporting many teen mothers sleeping with babies in their bed. "We have a huge problem with co-sleeping," Hadley said. "Some of our parents use drugs or alcohol, and it concerns us greatly that that have babies in the bed with them." Hadley said some mothers say co-sleeping is a cultural habit they don't want to change and others say they cannot afford cribs for their babies. ...more

June 2, 2008

Electric bills for customers of Progress Energy Florida would jump by more than $8 a month under a plan filed today with state regulators. Citing the higher cost of coal, natural gas and oil, the St. Petersburg-based utility asked the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to recover the increased costs from customers. If approved, the 8 percent increase would be applied to customers' bills beginning in August. ...more

May 30, 2008