TAMPA - A former porn actress testified today that she enjoyed her work with a hard-core porn producer, who is on trial for federal obscenity charges relating to his movies that depict forced sex, violence, vomiting and urination. ...more

June 2, 2008

TAMPA - Police are investigating a report of stolen scaffolding from outside The Cuban Club about 3 a.m. today. Security outside the club at 2010 Avenida Republica de Cuba called Tampa police to report four men loading scaffolding from outside the building into a dark pickup. ...more

May 28, 2008

After meeting with six licensed and insured pool contractors, we have selected the firm we want to build our dream in-ground concrete pool. What happens after the contracts are signed? ...more

January 12, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority today awarded an Alabama construction company a $60 million contract to build the second-stage, six-story economy parking garage. It will have 5,668 parking spaces, with 3,000 expected to be ready by Thanksgiving. ...more

January 10, 2008

SEBRING — Renovations to Sebring Fire Department's Central Station were supposed to be completed by now, but the major work hasn't even started yet. The $500,000 project, which started in February, originally was slated for a December 2007 completion, but now city officials said a more realistic target is summer 2008. The project to renovate the historic station, located at 301 N. Mango St., will soon be rebid for a third time. The first bids were rejected because the fire department staff had not had adequate time to review the specifics of the project before the project was bid. "They had a lot of input about changes they wanted to see, and we didn't have time to include that in the original bids," City Administrator Bob Hoffman said. "We asked city council to reject those bids so that their suggestions could be included." ...more

December 21, 2007

The $2.17 million drainage improvement project that has frustrated many New Port Richey downtown business owners and inconvenienced many of their patrons will finally cross over Main Street. ...more

December 13, 2007

Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme. ...more

November 10, 2007

TAMPA - Bevis Elementary School is on lockdown as Hillsborough fire and rescue investigators search for a gas leak inside the school at 5720 Osprey Ridge Drive in Lithia, fire spokesman Ray Yeakley said. ...more

November 6, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Progress on a new civic center and shelter is well under way. Land was obtained, architectural plans were drawn and about 10 percent of the funding was tentatively promised, leaving only the major question of how to fund a proposed $4 million civic center and hurricane shelter. ...more

October 12, 2007

West Pasco is scheduled to regain a dealership dedicated to new Volkswagen models early next year. The showroom is now under construction in Holiday by Suncoast Auto Builders, under project manager Mike Johnson. ...more

September 22, 2007