TAMPA - The Tampa City Council voted 4-2 this afternoon to preliminarily approve plans to redevelop Hyde Park Village. ...more

December 20, 2007

Danny Jacobs told police he wasn't racing, but later he was overheard confiding to a pastor that he was driving 113 mph or 130 mph before the car he was competing against crashed. ...more

November 28, 2007

The parents of an Arkansas toddler were horrified when their child swallowed part of a colorful toy bead set made in China and then passed out. ...more

November 9, 2007

Former University of Florida backup center Mike Pouncey had a special visitor Friday night in his hotel room. ...more

November 4, 2007

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson know they are taking an enormous chance. 'It's a gamble,' Wilson says. 'But we're willing to try it.' ...more

October 30, 2007

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson know they are taking an enormous chance. ...more

October 29, 2007

River Ridge boys cross country coach Dave Heywood believes humor can help keep his runners motivated. ...more

October 27, 2007

Every morning, a hired car picks up Margie Conner at her north Lakeland home and drives her 20 or so miles to Bartow and the school district transportation center. A round trip can cost more than $50. ...more

October 25, 2007

Just five years ago, Newsome girls swimming coach Joanne Grogan said the program had only 23 swimmers. ...more

October 25, 2007

Every morning, a hired car picks up Margie Conner at her north Lakeland home and drives her 20 or so miles to Bartow and the school district transportation center. A round trip can cost more than $50. Once there, the 58-year-old school bus driver reports to a guard shack, where she sits alone doing nothing for nearly six hours – at $11 an hour. Sometimes she reads a book. She gets two 15 minute breaks and uses the bathroom at the main office. At the end of the day, another hired car takes her home. All this is paid for by Polk County taxpayers, roughly $1,700 so far. ...more

October 24, 2007