High-speed rail looked dead four years ago, but backers of the proposal say it's being resuscitated now thanks to the recently approved federal stimulus package. ...more

February 19, 2009

The 20 largest banks that received government rescue funds slightly reduced their lending to consumers and businesses in the last three months of 2008, the government said Tuesday. ...more

February 18, 2009

Abraham Issa spent $100,000 to improve access to 31st Avenue from U.S. 41, about two blocks south of Causeway Boulevard, so he could get a permit to build a Shell service station. ...more

February 15, 2009

Two men crossing State Road 555 in Polk County were struck and killed last night by an Oldsmobile, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 14, 2009

The state thought a new median on U.S. 41 would improve safety, but business owners in the area complain it decreased access to their stores and caused confusion and lost business. Now, the state says it will address at least part of the problem brought on by the $42 million widening of Causeway Boulevard, which is entering its second year. ...more

February 12, 2009

Deputies discovered a man in a men's bathroom Tuesday at a local funeral home wiping blood from his face. ...more

February 5, 2009

A fire had closed Veterans Expressway in both directions between Hutchinson Road and Van Dyke, but the road is now open. ...more

January 27, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for an older model Oldsmobile or Buick that hit a teenager in Manatee County then drove away Monday. ...more

January 27, 2009

Look out Jose Gaspar, an invastion of 3-foot pirates is storming around Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

January 24, 2009

As one-time president of the Garden Gate Circle of the Zephyrhills Garden Club, Raybelle Surratt decided that the club should plant a few trees around town. Twenty years later, the circle - under Surratt's guidance and with the cooperation of the city of Zephyrhills - has planted more than 700 trees in the city. And every one of them has a story. ...more

January 16, 2009