The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center have been cleared to do additional earthwork on their mothballed mall site, but only to prevent flooding should the site be hit with heavy rainfall this summer. ...more

May 22, 2008

About 3,000 patrons and food lovers braved the weather to attend Saturday's Fiesta Day in Ybor City before organizers closed down the event four hours early. ...more

February 24, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A project the Save Our Canals group thought would expand throughout Hillsborough County may be in danger of disappearing. ...more

February 23, 2008

Repeated environmental violations at the site of the 1.3-million-square-foot Cypress Creek Town Center project in Wesley Chapel shows what happens when government regulators rely on assurances by developers, instead of laying down the law before land is cleared. ...more

February 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When Brian Garry moved into his Bay Crest Park home in 1977, he and his children would fish for blue crabs off the dock in their backyard. ...more

December 20, 2007

Tropical Storm Olga triggered floods and landslides in this Caribbean nation Wednesday, killing at least seven people and forcing thousands to flee their homes, authorities said. One person also died in Puerto Rico. ...more

December 13, 2007

The government knew Mexico's Gulf coast was a disaster-in-waiting long before three rivers surged out of their banks, flooding nearly every inch of the low-lying state of Tabasco and leaving more than 1 million homes under water. ...more

November 23, 2007

We are a 55-plus condominium community of two-story buildings. Respective owners have enclosed most of the outside porches or sunrooms. The policy for years has been that the association was responsible for repairs to those units, screens, etc. ...more

November 10, 2007

The newly homeless men and women of this flooded capital patiently line up to appear on a local TV station that has been broadcasting their messages day and night. ...more

November 4, 2007

Thousands of Haitians sought shelter in schoolhouses Saturday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 143 across the Caribbean. ...more

November 4, 2007