Local skateboarders have a month to brush up on a batch of new extreme tricks before the opening of the New Tampa Skate Park. ...more

February 21, 2009

The residents of the Briar Patch development says thanks to New Port Richey City Manager Tom O'Neill and Councilwoman Marilynn deChant for handling problem in timely manner. ...more

February 18, 2009

Determined to "do something," President Barack Obama barnstormed Fort Myers on Tuesday on behalf of Nancy Pelosi's spendapalooza but found what restless locals have in mind is, um, something else. ...more

February 11, 2009

A dispute between the city and airport contractor David Carr appears to be heading for court. ...more

February 11, 2009

A conceptual change to the way the Las Villas Community on Youth Care Lane will be developed was approved by the city council Tuesday after its developer requested splitting 50 duplexes into 100 single-family homes. ...more

February 5, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." On Thursday, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, composed of the seven-member city council, voted 4-2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare. ...more

January 16, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." The city's Community Redevelopment Agency, comprised of the seven-member city council, voted 4 to 2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare today. ...more

January 15, 2009

Nearly a year after floodwaters damaged the downtown fire station, the city council has given the fire department permission to repair the building. ...more

January 14, 2009

Concerns about ongoing construction projects convinced the Avon Park City Council to unanimously reinstate its three Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Boards, after an appeal by John Barben, Airport CRA member. ...more

January 13, 2009

Forget about Super Bowl XLIII. Get ready for Lingerie Bowl VI. From Jan. 30 to 31, teams of scantily clad women in helmets and pads are expected to compete on a vacant lot off North Rome Avenue, a few blocks north of Kennedy Boulevard, for the title of Lingerie Bowl champions. ...more

January 9, 2009