The American League champion Rays opened their Grapefruit League schedule and christened their new spring training digs with a bang Wednesday afternoon. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays spring training experience as you – and the team – know, is about to change significantly. ...more

January 16, 2009

With help from a state grant of $1.6 million and a housing developer's donation of about $80,000, Highlands County will go ahead with two major road improvements in the new 2008-09 fiscal year, which starts Wednesday. ...more

September 26, 2008

Hillsborough County is conducting tests to determine just how much reclaimed water it can store in an old phosphate mine, water that would eventually be used to irrigate lawns in eastern and southern portions of the county. ...more

September 10, 2008

Hillsborough County is conducting tests to determine just how much reclaimed water it can store in an old phosphate mine, water that would eventually be used to irrigate lawns in eastern and southern portions of the county. ...more

September 3, 2008

Divers checking cracks in the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir have discovered the cement holding billions of gallons of water is more than half a foot thinner in some places than it's supposed to be. ...more

July 1, 2008

Floodwaters that wreaked havoc along Illinois and Iowa rivers poured into the Mississippi on Tuesday, creating a torrent of water that threatens to spread the misery to historic riverside towns on the way to St. Louis and beyond. ...more

June 18, 2008

Pat and Shirley Miketinac don't live off the land. They live in it. ...more

June 4, 2008

SPRING LAKE — When is a sinkhole a blessing in disguise? When it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, but saves millions. That's what happened at the Spring Lake pump station, when 19 feet of foundation eroded over 24 years. "The sinkhole actually became a blessing for the (Spring Lake Improvement District)," said Joe DeCerbo, district manager, "because if any more land under the pipes was lost, water would have gone under the pilings and caused the entire structure to collapse, with incredible damage." ...more

February 6, 2008

Residents of Hillsborough County's southeastern corner are pushing back against phosphate giant Mosaic's push to expand its mining area there by 1,599 acres. ...more

December 27, 2007