Hillsborough County officials on Tuesday will present to the public three plans for widening Lithia-Pinecrest Road to relieve congestion on one of east Hillsborough County's most heavily traveled commuter arteries. ...more

November 17, 2008

Hillsborough County officials on Tuesday will present to the public three plans for widening Lithia-Pinecrest Road to relieve congestion on one of east Hillsborough County's most heavily traveled commuter arteries. ...more

November 14, 2008

Back in the day, Cheryl Phelps was slapped in the face by an airborne mullet and forced to defend her family's campsite from a troupe of rogue raccoons - and those are two of her fondest childhood memories. ...more

October 8, 2008

Back in the day, Cheryl Phelps was slapped in the face by an airborne mullet and forced to defend her family's campsite from a troupe of rogue raccoons - and those are two of her fondest childhood memories. ...more

October 8, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

October 1, 2008

The driver of a 2006 Ford Mustang died late Monday after the vehicle struck a tractor-trailer head-on, Hillsborough County deputies say. The Ford, driven by 54-year-old Illie Steve Fuller of Plant City, was heading west on Lithia-Pinecrest Road near George Smith Road about 11:37 p.m. when it drifted right and the driver lost control, according to a sheriff's office news release. ...more

September 24, 2008

It was intended to be the culmination of her career, that one final coup de grace before settling into retirement. ...more

September 24, 2008

Hammered by a stalled construction economy, more contractors are turning to cities, counties and the state for public works jobs. ...more

September 2, 2008

The popular blues jams that sizzled Tuesday nights at a local Irish pub have moved a little farther down the road. ...more

August 13, 2008

Dan Solano is old Florida to the core. "I'm thirteenth generation," he said. "My ancestors ... came to St. Augustine with Pedro Menendez in 1565." Pedro Menendez de Aviles was a Spanish seaman who founded St. Augustine. ...more

July 9, 2008