Lifting the country out of its economic woes won't be easy or quick, but it can be done with bipartisan cooperation in Washington, Congressman-elect Tom Rooney said as he visited the Highlands County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning. ...more

December 17, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - If you have a leftover Christmas tree that you don't know what to do with, Pasco County might have an answer. Through Jan. 5, people can drop off Christmas trees at eight county parks. ...more

December 27, 2007

If the Tampa Bay area develops a detailed mass transit plan, the area can benefit from perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money, the head of Denver's transit agency told the city council. ...more

November 16, 2007

Cal Marsella, head of Denver's transit agency, says the Tampa Bay area needs a regional vision and a clear message if voters are to be persuaded to approve a sales tax increase to pay for rail. ...more

November 14, 2007

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units were working Friday night to extinguish a two-alarm fire that started shortly before 8 p.m. at a Raceway gas station store on McIntosh and Newsome roads near Interstate 4. ...more

November 10, 2007