You wouldn't expect a basketball team to be competitive with only five days of practice under its belt. ...more

November 26, 2008

A state panel on Thursday agreed to 3 percent increases in fees the next two years for harbor pilots who guide big ships into the Port of Tampa. ...more

November 21, 2008

A state panel agreed today to 3 percent increases in fees the next two years for harbor pilots who guide big ships into the Port of Tampa. ...more

November 20, 2008

New rules imposed Tuesday that essentially bar homeowners from replacing sod on their lawns come at the best time of year to put in new sod, when the grass would require less water than in the summer. ...more

November 19, 2008

Airline passengers looking for protection against being stranded for hours on tarmacs shouldn't count on help from a federal task force that's been wrestling with the problem for nearly a year. ...more

November 12, 2008

A detention deputy at the Pinellas County Jail has been suspended for 15 days after he arced an electronic control weapon near the head of an inmate who was sleeping, and then misrepresented what he had done, according to a Pinellas sheriff's memo released this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hernando Today Rays fever has hit the Tampa Bay region, with excited fans of all ages staying awake until the wee hours of the night to watch the final pitch of the playoffs and now the World Series. ...more

October 25, 2008

CSX Corp. has decided to speed up the closing of Orient Road to repair a railroad crossing, meaning drivers have until 9 tonight to use the road between East Broadway and Adamo Drive (State Road 60). The railroad company was planning to shut down the corridor south of 14th Avenue starting at 5 a.m. Wednesday, but Hillsborough County received word this morning that CSX had sped up its repair schedule by eight hours. ...more

October 14, 2008

Please allow me to respond to a letter in Thursday's paper (Oct. 9) regarding Sheriff Benton. The writer seems to think that our sheriff is rude and uncaring because she didn't take time to speak with him about free Spanish lessons he was offering the deputies back in January 2007. He stated that he was a part-time resident, so he might not have known that at that particular time, one of our brave state troopers, Sgt. Sottile, had been brutally murdered. Maybe if he had known that, he might realize that the sheriff was busy trying to catch a cop killer. It is possible that his generous offer was somehow forgotten in the process. ...more

October 11, 2008

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vinny Prospal will share a daily diary while the team is in Europe, including his native Czech Republic. The team will play a season-opening series in Prague against the New York Rangers on Oct. 4 and 5. ...more

September 27, 2008