After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. Mayor Pam Iorio is tapping Chip Fletcher as his replacement. ...more

June 18, 2008

Representatives from churches stand in medians collecting money for their ministries. Firefighters gather to raise money for children suffering from muscular dystrophy. Political candidates eagerly wave signs, beckoning for votes. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA The long-awaited opening of the IKEA store moved forward today with a groundbreaking in which city officials and IKEA executives glad-handed and back-slapped one another, all the while marveling at what a wonderful fit Tampa is for the Swedish furniture store. ...more

June 4, 2008

Where did you get it?" a motorist smiled. Her friend had one, she said, and drove off still grinning. New Port Richey City Councilman Rob Marlowe had just parked his tiny Smart ForTwo coupe in front of his business office on Grand Boulevard. With sides parked parallel to the sidewalk, Two Smarts could have fit into the space. ...more

June 4, 2008

Because even under the most favorable circumstances Steve O'Neill is as chatty as a clam, we don't know what was on the 47-year-old Port Richey city councilman's mind early on the morning of May 25 when he climbed behind the wheel of his 2001 Ford. ...more

June 1, 2008

A construction crane snapped and smashed into an apartment building with a thunderous roar Friday, killing two workers in the city's second such tragedy in 2 1/2 months and renewing fears about the safety of hundreds of cranes towering over the New York skyline. ...more

May 31, 2008

He reeked of alcohol, his speech was slurred, his eyes bloodshot and glassy. ...more

May 29, 2008

Editor's note: This is the first profile of the three Republicans running to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney for 16th District in the U.S. Congress. SEBRING — Tom Rooney is almost stereotypically Irish. He's tall, red-haired, flush-faced, freckled, and built like a lumberjack. Actually, he's a former tight end, an Army veteran and an attorney. His favorite rockers, according to his Facebook page, are the Dublin group U2. ...more

May 26, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring Golf Course will now offer nine-hole play to appease disabled veterans and senior citizens who say that's all they can play. Robert Burdick, a disabled veteran, spearheaded the effort; he played regularly at Sebring Golf Course, previously known as the Sebring Municipal Golf Course, and was recently told he could no longer pay a nine-hole rate. ...more

May 8, 2008