The mud is likely to fly when Tampa City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on a plan to clean clogged canals in South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA - Yolanda Williams walked out of her son's room at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital and into the hallway, trying to find a grip on reality. ...more

November 30, 2007

TAMPA - The city council inched forward Thursday with a proposal to tax waterfront property owners for canal dredging in their South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

November 16, 2007

When Gladys Sanchez learned an elementary school girl needed eye surgery, she slid behind her desk and picked up the telephone. ...more

November 14, 2007

Do Chinese people get along with Japanese people? What is the Chinese zodiac? Do Chinese people eat fast food? ...more

November 10, 2007

A nonprofit organization that has built some low-cost homes in West Tampa is facing scrutiny from the federal agency that regulates housing, city officials said. ...more

November 3, 2007

Supporters and opponents of taxing waterfront homeowners to pay for canal dredging are heading toward a showdown Dec. 18, when the city council decides whether to move forward with the plan. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was awarded a $1 million federal grant to buy video surveillance cameras to be mounted in high crime neighborhoods and other equipment. The grant also will cover training and buy cameras for jails. ...more

October 30, 2007

Tampa City Council members will get their first look Thursday at a sensible compromise for homeowners with backyard canals so clogged that boats can't get through. ...more

October 24, 2007

Waterfront residents willing to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging will have their plan presented to the city council at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2007