Tampa Electric customers hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see that charge rescinded. ...more

February 28, 2009

Electric customers who were hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see most of that charge rescinded. On Friday, Tampa Electric announced it will ask the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to lower the fuel charge on its customers' bills starting in May. ...more

February 27, 2009

Please sit down while reading this. We have identified a promising sign in our local economy. Everyone's been looking for something positive and although it's small right now, it's something to make us feel good about, and we all desperately need that these days. ...more

February 27, 2009

Selling a home in the Tampa Bay area is getting a little easier, as long as you can swallow the price. The median sales price in the metro area of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater hasn't been this low since April 2002, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Florida Association of Realtors. Bargain hunters are snatching up deals. ...more

February 26, 2009

Selling a home in Tampa Bay is getting a little easier, as long as you can swallow the price. The median sales price in the metro area of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater hasn't been this low since April 2002, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Florida Association of Realtors. ...more

February 25, 2009

The driver of a 1993 Dodge van has been charged with DUI-manslaughter following a head-on crash with a tractor trailer late Tuesday that killed one of the driver's passengers. ...more

February 18, 2009

Friends of a 49-year-old hotel owner missing on Florida's Gulf Coast are frustrated police haven't found her, or made any arrests, in a months-long case. ...more

February 15, 2009

In the world of hot peppers, the jalapeño is the equivalent of Rodney Dangerfield: The darn pepper gets no respect. ...more

February 12, 2009

Lisa Mowrey has been missing for five years, and this week authorities reissued a plea for the public's help in locating the hairstyling student. ...more

February 5, 2009

A 78-year-old Pinellas Park man was reporting missing this morning, Pinellas Park police said. ...more

February 4, 2009