Investigators pouring over Bernard Madoff's books said they have discovered the money manager falsified documents to hide massive losses to investors in a fraud case that could take months to unravel, an official helping to oversee the firm's liquidation said. ...more

December 17, 2008

Rather than shopping exclusively at Orlando or Lake Wales malls, more Highlands County Christmas shoppers are buying gifts locally than they did last year. ...more

December 6, 2008

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church will have a breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the church, 9724 Cross Creek Blvd. ...more

December 3, 2008

This weekend's Tampa Palms Arts & Crafts Show may have fewer participants than previous years, but it is has the widest variation of exhibitors ever, an organizer said. ...more

October 15, 2008

Jeff Whitney of New Port Richey sees hope for the future in the person of 14-year-old novelist Gloria Tesch of Palm Harbor. ...more

October 8, 2008

At a time when the nation's economic outlook is in a state of high anxiety, to get word that the state has defined your city as having a "financial emergency" of its own could understandably be enough to alarm concerned residents. ...more

October 1, 2008

A Myakka City woman faces several charges after her employer accused her of stealing more than $250,000 from his company. ...more

September 18, 2008

Merrill Lynch's shotgun sale to Bank of America will create the nation's largest financial services company - one that some say is too big to fail. Still, no one is breathing easy just yet. ...more

September 16, 2008

Safari Wild must repay taxpayer-funded Lowry Park Zoo for any money it paid to the Polk County exotic-animal park and for barns the zoo built on the property, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Theodor Seuss Geisel is famous, and beloved, for his children's books that used simple words and clever rhyming schemes to teach children lessons about friendship, responsibility and tolerance. But other ideas lurk below the surface. ...more

September 4, 2008