Barack Obama, briefly a grandson instead of a candidate, spent some quiet family time Friday with the ailing woman who helped raise him, while reporters, guards and gawkers waited outside her apartment building. ...more

October 25, 2008

A young oak tree in the front yard may be the first clue this 1,644-square-foot home on the Caloosa Greens Golf Course, is in one of the newer Sun City Center communities. ...more

October 22, 2008

Lightning center and No. 1 overall draft pick Steven Stamkos is making the transition this season from junior star to NHL regular. Throughout the season, the 18-year-old from Markham, Ontario, will share his experiences with Tribune writer Erik Erlendsson and provide a weekly diary to give Tribune readers an insight to a new way of life along his rookie journey. ...more

October 19, 2008

Two weeks ago, real estate agent Steve Fruit was examining the value of a Lake Placid house for the owners, who are thinking of selling. For tax purposes, the Highlands County Property Appraiser had valued the property at $254,769. ...more

October 19, 2008

You can tell we're getting to that time of year when the air temperature is more tolerable because it seems there is a plethora of outdoor activities. And one of those is the Family Fun Day event that Keller Williams Realty South Shore is sponsoring from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 6488 U.S. 41 N. ...more

October 17, 2008

Ernie Harpster fell behind on his mortgage payments last year, so he tried to persuade his bank to give him time to sell his home and pay off what he could. ...more

October 5, 2008

Brian Dean wanted to add a pool to his 1967 home in Safety Harbor, so he checked with his lender about obtaining a home equity loan. ...more

September 25, 2008

The state Supreme Court has refused to rehear the appeal of a man convicted in the 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson. ...more

September 24, 2008

Our real estate agent informed us that she has a buyer for our home at the full asking price. However, there is a stipulation that we must offer the house at the asking price to the buyer, not the other way around. Do you know anything about this practice and why it is used? ...more

September 18, 2008

Robert Temple let his girlfriend go to her out-of-state family reunion with a caveat: If she didn't return to their travel trailer in Northern California, he would kill himself and their autistic daughter, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. ...more

September 11, 2008