TEMPLE TERRACE - Thanks to a city-sponsored program, Alan White is delighted that his potential customers will no longer be turned off by his business's shabby-looking surroundings. On June 3, the Temple Terrace City Council awarded a $3,793.30 commercial facade improvement grant to White and Raymond Proch, co-owners of TWA Firestone Tire, Wheel and Automotive Services at the southwest corner of Busch Boulevard and North 56th Street. That amounts to half the cost of $7,586.60 to remove four sickly oak trees and replace them with four palm trees, as well as adding an assortment of drought-tolerant flowering plants that will front both thoroughfares. ...more

June 5, 2008

Karen Mateson recently approached the Career Central vehicle parked at Pasco-Hernando Community College with cautious curiosity. ...more

May 4, 2008

It's a matter of pride. "It hurts when a community the size of Brandon has to go to other places to hold its major events," said Miller Dowdy, a local businessman and civic leader. ...more

February 21, 2008

The city council sent a 31-unit town home project back to the drawing board so developers and city staff can search for a compromise on its design. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - A non-profit organization is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in the death of a llama at Gaither High School. ...more

February 3, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - As the horn sounded, they formed a pile at midfield, then went to the Gator Stadium home stands to lead cheers and more celebration before walking out as victors in the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinals. ...more

February 2, 2008

An 8-month-old llama named Adonis suffered trauma to the head and died Wednesday in the Gaither High School agricultural barn, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - An 8-month-old llama named Adonis suffered trauma to the head and died Wednesday in the Gaither High School agricultural barn, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 31, 2008

Works crews were on the scene early Thursday morning continuing to repair the water main break at the intersection of Spring Hill Drive and Mariner Boulevard that forced the closing of one lane. ...more

January 25, 2008

Works crews were on the scene early Thursday morning continuing to repair the water main break at the intersection of Spring Hill Drive and Mariner Boulevard that forced the closing of one lane. ...more

January 24, 2008