Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more

November 9, 2009

It was the casual way an engineer spoke about replacing the historical Columbus Drive bridge that got to Sharon Keene five years ago. ...more

October 21, 2009

A Largo police officer going through some old shotgun shells a woman had turned in for proper disposal at the police station found something else in the mix Sunday morning: a half-stick of dynamite. ...more

June 29, 2009

The city has started running ads this week to hire an architect and engineer for the long-awaited fire station renovation. ...more

May 8, 2009

Rescue workers are at the scene of a fatal train accident in Broward County. ...more

March 5, 2009

A train struck a flatbed truck about 11 a.m. Tuesday, and the driver was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Kim Jan Nagelhoute, 51, a driver for Helena Chemical Co., was attempting to pull across the railroad tracks and into the Dade City business's driveway when the crash occurred, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash caused 17 empty coal cars and two locomotives to derail. Willie Lee Brown, an engineer on the CSX train, was taken to Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City; his condition was not immediately available. Charges are pending against Nagelhoute. ...more

March 4, 2009

Leaders for Westchase are looking into a land purchase that could lead to a park expansion. ...more

December 10, 2008

Corey Smith might be a big wheel someday. Right now, though, the River Ridge Middle School student and his friends want to be able to ride bicycles to school in greater safety. ...more

December 6, 2008

There apparently is a lot of interest in reopening the Lake Placid tower to the public, but several questions have to be answered before that happens. ...more

November 18, 2008

Officials at a Roman Catholic hospital in Springfield have ordered an independent analysis of a window that some believe shows an image of the Virgin Mary. ...more

October 3, 2008