Drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to stop or slow down to pay tolls starting in 2011. ...more

November 21, 2009

For the last two years, the economic downturn held up the expansion of U.S. 27 from Lake Isis Avenue to the Polk County line. But stimulus money going to the Department of Transportation has brought it back, and the city of Avon Park is looking at an unexpected $190,000 tab. ...more

October 29, 2009

Hillsborough County has put the brakes on a plan to begin the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening before Christmas. ...more

October 23, 2009

Do you want to own a home in Pasco County? The Pasco County Library System is offering the Making Home Ownership a Reality program featuring Peggy Schott from Pasco County Community Development. ...more

September 12, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before her cell phone lost its connection with a 911 operator in Plant City. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before a 911 operator in Plant City lost a connection with her. "Ma'am, I'm in a trunk right now," the 31-year-old Tampa mother yelled on a copy of the call released today. "They got me in the trunk. … I don't know where I'm at." No officers were dispatched to find her, according to a report contained in the 700 pages of discovery material released with the call today. ...more

April 1, 2009

Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more

March 22, 2009

in 2008. Today, a nearly 40-mile stretch of the tidal, freshwater James - from the Dutch Gap area near Chester to eastern Charles City County - harbors one of the country's top concentrations of eagles, herons and other fish-eating birds. The National Audubon Society has designated the region an Important Bird Area, a high compliment among conservationists. ...more

March 22, 2009

The city is stepping up to get its piece of the $787 billion in federal stimulus money. ...more

February 28, 2009

Of course Barack Obama came to Florida this week. This is ground zero. Too bad he didn't show up during the Democratic primaries a year ago. Don't you wonder what he would have said then? ...more

February 11, 2009