TAMPA - The University of South Florida hosted six recruits this weekend, including three previous commitments, but received no new verbal commitments. ...more

January 21, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The art of negotiating is nothing new to Ron Govin, chief executive officer of Mark Master, a family-owned and -operated business in Tampa. He considers himself an astute bargainer when it comes to trying to put together deals. That is why Govin, also a Temple Terrace city councilman, was selected in March as the council's representative at meetings between city staff and the developer of the city's downtown revitalization project. ...more

January 2, 2008

The editorial of Dec. 20, titled "Balancing Needs For Cash And Land Critical As Area Grows," covered an important subject and the reference to the fact that endangered species need certain habitats in order to survive, was a statement all of us should ponder; as wildlife is such an important segment of our "quality of life." Thank you for your thoughtful opinion. However, a headline in your Dec. 17 issue screamed, "Grove Owners Want Development Of 4,600 Homes." ...more

December 31, 2007

Regarding "Rays Want To Move To Waterfront Field" (front page, Nov. 10): Let me get this straight: The Rays want to build a stadium that will cost hundreds of million of dollars. All they want in return is to have the state give them $60 million and to have all the money from that sale of Tropicana Field - even though they do not own Tropicana Field - to help build their new stadium, which the Rays will totally own. ...more

November 16, 2007

Six months ago, the city reported losing about 4 billion gallons of water over the course of a year, or about 14 percent of the water it produced. ...more

November 11, 2007

Morris "Sandy" Weinberg Jr. and Kevin Hayslett, attorneys for Nick Bollea, have released the following statement on their client's behalf: ...more

November 7, 2007

A sign at the site indicates Office Depot is opening a store in the former U-Save Supermarket at Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and Fletcher Avenue. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - Tickets to the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day are now on sale. ...more

October 1, 2007