A 41-year-old Tampa man sustained an electrical shock Tuesday at a construction site and was pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital, deputies say. ...more

June 17, 2009

Nearly five years ago, as ground was being broken on the Main Street Landing construction site, city officials at the time looked forward to March 2009. That's when, if all went as planned, the Community Redevelopment Agency would have happily presented a $1.25 million check to Gainesville-based developer Ken McGurn if the Mediterranean-styled commercial-residential development was significantly built out and half the units leased or sold. March 2009 has arrived, and McGurn met March 10 with City Council, which was acting in its role as CRA board. Instead of a grip-and-grin check presentation, the two sides were meeting to figure out what they might do to restore a now-strained business relationship and get the project moving again. ...more

March 18, 2009

Highlands Independent Bank is offering a reward of $1,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest of two people who attempted to break into the ATM at the Lake Placid branch on Jan. 29. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 14-year-old boy was killed Sunday afternoon after falling into a muddy trench at a church construction site. ...more

January 12, 2009

If you happen to pass the construction site for the Ikea store going up at Adamo Drive and 22nd Street in Tampa, you might think the project is on a fast track. Since clearing the land in April, construction crews have erected the walls, and within the next several weeks, steel framing to support the roof should be in place, said Joseph Roth, a spokesman for the furniture and housewares chain. Roth said the company is moving at a steady pace to meet the construction timeline. The 350,000-square-foot store is expected to open as planned in the summer. ...more

October 6, 2008

With one hand, Yang Aiping held her squirming 4-month-old son amid the crowd in the maternity hospital. With the other, she dug through her purse for the near-empty bag of milk powder that she worried had sickened him. ...more

September 26, 2008

James Conroy tipped over about four portable toilets at a construction site, trying to catch a man he thought had hidden in one after breaking into a truck. Conroy's hunch was right. ...more

September 2, 2008

It turns out a construction site portable toilet wasn't the best place to hide from two men who think you tried to break into their truck. ...more

August 31, 2008

A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged on Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has reported the theft of 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a construction site in Bradenton. ...more

August 4, 2008