NORTH PORT - Hillsborough County authorities are looking for a man who beat up an off-duty North Port officer outside of a Tampa nightclub early Friday. ...more

September 8, 2009

Three bits of economic news may lift the veil of gloom a bit, especially for some in the Tampa area. Based on that and other data in recent weeks, analysts and the stock market have responded positively, with the Dow Jones industrial average up 120 points Wednesday. ...more

August 13, 2009

Five years ago today, Hurricane Charley veered from its long-forecast target of the Tampa area and rammed into Charlotte County as a Category 4 storm. ...more

August 13, 2009

A nonprofit group recently gave 10 students an eight-day trip of a lifetime to New York and Washington, D.C. ...more

July 15, 2009

Tampa's own technology showcase is off to a promising start. Organizers of the CoolTech exhibition expect close to 1,000 attendees and 45 exhibitors, roughly twice the scale of the show's first incarnation last year. ...more

June 5, 2009

Regarding the Sen. Mike Bennett builder or growth bill passed by the Legislature but opposed by all four senators representing the Tampa area and its suburbs, along with Polk County Sen. Paula Dockery: ...more

May 22, 2009

Regulators have shut down a big bank in Florida saying it had a severe lack of capital and was not in condition to conduct business. ...more

May 21, 2009

With the bankruptcy of their developer, two big retail projects in the Tampa area may be history. ...more

April 24, 2009

Rich Reidy, chief aide to Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, will run for the Florida House district that includes much of the northern and northwest areas of the county. ...more

April 15, 2009

Rich Reidy, chief aide to Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, announced today he will run for the Florida House in a district that includes much of the northern and northwest areas of the county. ...more

April 13, 2009