Luring Draper Laboratory cost $20 million, but local government leaders are hoping the millions spent to bring the research company to Tampa will pay huge dividends. ...more

October 27, 2009

One might think by now - after two years of falling home prices - that sellers would be more realistic about what their homes are worth. ...more

October 27, 2009

New rules for damaging grass flats in Florida's 2 million acres of preserves are about to be enforced. ...more

October 25, 2009

The Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, 34 miles of former railroad right of way, began as a vision of Bert Vallery in 1983. Vallery, a Pinellas County resident, was inspired to promote a safe area for bicyclists, strollers and joggers after his son died in a bicycle accident. ...more

October 24, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib was charged with battery Thursday for striking a cab driver two months ago, the Pinellas County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

October 23, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib was charged this afternoon for striking a cab driver two months ago, the Pinellas County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

October 22, 2009

More than 30 Moffitt Cancer Center volunteers hoisted up shovels, paint brushes and cleaning liquids to spruce up the George Bartholomew North Tampa Recreation Center. ...more

October 21, 2009

Sheila and Michael Brewer are accustomed to rescuing cats, dogs and unwanted farm animals – but not a reptile so big they don't have a dog crate large enough for it. But that's what happened last Thursday when they came across a 4-foot iguana sunning itself outside a medical building in Pinellas Park. The Brewers were in Pinellas checking out possible foster homes for their rescued animals. ...more

October 20, 2009

Across the Tampa Bay area and around the world, children and parents took to the streets Wednesday morning for International Walk to School Day. The event, which boasts millions of participants worldwide, is intended to raise awareness of the need for communities to be pedestrian-friendly. ...more

October 8, 2009

A man already in prison on a robbery charge has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a woman cab driver last year. ...more

October 2, 2009