Building a courthouse means big dollars. And there are 11 companies that want the job of constructing the new judicial center, from mega-corporations with international ties to local outfits with familiar names. ...more

February 6, 2009

General Motors Corp. will offer buyouts to all of its hourly employees, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday, as the troubled automaker continues to slash costs. ...more

February 3, 2009

Florida hardly was spared from the crushing news of more than 60,000 job losses, but it appears to have barely affected Hernando County, if at all. ...more

January 28, 2009

Testimony is expected to begin today in the trial of a Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl. ...more

January 27, 2009

Monty Albright was homeless on Wednesday. ...more

January 22, 2009

While the Florida Legislature slashed budgets for schools, children's health care and living assistance for the elderly in its recent special session, it ignored a couple of easy fixes – loopholes in corporate tax law -- that could have produced revenue to avoid some of the worst cuts. ...more

January 21, 2009

Mark Dominik came to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 years ago for what was basically a tryout. At least that's how Rich McKay, the general manager at the time, remembers things. ...more

January 18, 2009

A sense of normalcy returned to the Lightning locker room Friday. Gone was the media throng that had descended on the Forum the day before. Missing was the air of doubt surrounding iconic center Vinny Lecavalier and a possible trade to his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Absent were members of the Montreal press corps, who flew down to get the scoop before swooping back out of town. ...more

January 17, 2009

A domestic disturbance turned bloody Tuesday morning when a man shot his ex-girlfriend's new husband, then turned the gun on himself. ...more

January 14, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Bruce Allen spoke with the media on Friday for 46 minutes about his team's disappointing finish in 2008. ...more

January 9, 2009