With its wide, sweeping left turn, New Tampa's new flyover ramp feels more like a turn at the Daytona 500 than the stop-and-go, wait-for-the-green-arrow commute of yesteryear. ...more

July 23, 2008

With its wide, sweeping left turn, New Tampa's new flyover ramp feels more like a turn at the Daytona 500 than the stop-and-go, wait-for-the-green-arrow commute of yesteryear. ...more

July 22, 2008

NEW TAMPA - There is good news for drivers on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard: A new flyover making it easier to get onto Interstate 75 will open Friday, July 18, five months ahead of schedule. ...more

July 11, 2008

HOLIDAY -- Gasoline prices are up. Food prices are up. What's next? A boat launch fee is in the works at Pasco County's Anclote River Park. ...more

June 11, 2008

It was 1938 when Auntie Ruth bought us tickets to the circus and I discovered my young heart's desire. Auntie Ruth was my mother's best friend and took us many special places. The country was in the midst of the Depression, but she had her own car. Her husband finished college before the hard times began and had a good job as an engineer. ...more

June 1, 2008

MASON, Ohio - Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel, son of the late daredevil Evel Knievel, successfully jumped over 24 delivery trucks Saturday night at the site of one of his father's most famous stunts. ...more

May 25, 2008

Laurel Wittman and her husband, Eduardo Lopes, are examples of a rare species: successful short-sale buyers. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - A Lakeland man is the father of the person authorities say fatally shot five people at Northern Illinois University on Thursday before turning the gun on himself, but the shooter never lived here, neighbors said today. ...more

February 15, 2008

SEBRING — Public access to the county's most popular lake will be restored next month as Highlands County officials tear down the concrete-and-chain-link-fence barriers that have kept the public out of Lake Denton since mid-September. Vicki Pontius, county parks and recreation director, said the only stumbling block to reopening access to this exceptionally clean and clear lake is hiring a part-time worker to collect weekend user's fees. ...more

February 14, 2008

Pasco County deputies and the Florida Highway Patrol are warning motorists about foggy conditions and poor visibility on Interstate 75 from the State Road 56 on ramp to the Hillsborough County line. ...more

February 3, 2008