Stacy Frank has filed to run for the District 57 state House seat held by term-limited Republican Faye Culp. ...more

November 6, 2009

Two stormwater retention ponds are the talk of East Tampa. "Who would have thought that stormwater ponds are so interesting?" said Mayor Pam Iorio. "But they are." ...more

October 28, 2009

City officials and neighborhood activists dedicate two "lakes" in East Tampa. ...more

October 21, 2009

As of 7:30 a.m. today, Hillsborough County's jails housed 3,479 inmates, up to 70 percent of them arrested for drug or drug-related crimes, said sheriff's Col. Gary Terry. ...more

March 24, 2009

Property owners in the city of Tampa will no longer be able to water their lawns with sprinkler systems under a ban adopted this morning by the Tampa City Council. ...more

March 19, 2009

Armed with graph after graph showing improvements in the police department's performance, St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon this afternoon tried to beat back the impression among some city council members that St. Petersburg has become less safe. ...more

February 5, 2009

Cheryl Blakey's daughter, Leah, hadn't been born when neighborhood residents began petitioning Tampa City Hall to widen 40th Street. ...more

January 21, 2009

Ford dealers from throughout central Florida gathered in Bartow on Friday for a press conference to discuss the national, statewide and local impact of the U.S. automotive industry. ...more

December 7, 2008

It was after 10 p.m. when 20 or so Seminole Heights residents filed into city council chambers for a rezoning hearing. ...more

November 19, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio could soon get a letter asking her to change the terms of a contract allowing the Metropolitan Tampa Area YMCA to operate a youth golf program at Rogers Park. ...more

November 17, 2008