The Treasure Island Police Department plans to add more officers to patrol the Sunset Beach area in the 9000 block of West Gulf Boulevard, an area popular with weekend partiers. ...more

July 11, 2009

Charleston is a walker's paradise, with narrow streets winding past 250-year-old mansions, sassy Southern restaurants and antique shops. At the Market, stroll through an open-air collection of small shops and flea market-style booths hawking everything from she-crab soup mixes to photographs of the Holy City's famed decorative iron gates designed by renowned African-American blacksmith Philip Simmons. ...more

March 15, 2009

County commissioners cleared the way Tuesday to improve the lighting at 12 school bus stops. ...more

January 9, 2009

Fatty-N-Mabel's restaurant probably wouldn't exist at its current location if owner Mike Simpson had known the troubles he'd run into. ...more

October 5, 2008

When school was out in June, my 13-year-old son, Travis, and I drove to Sport Chalet for a new bike to replace his beater, which had finally lost its brakes. He chose a 12-speed, perfect for street riding, and I bought a little finger-triggered bell, the kind I had as a kid, for my own bike. ...more

September 20, 2008

Three young girls, ages 2, 4 and 13, were killed in separate accidents over 18 hours on Monday and Tuesday. ...more

September 10, 2008

A 2-, 4- and 13-year-old killed in separate incidents. ...more

September 10, 2008

State highway officials say they will reroute the bulk of State Road 39 truck traffic away from this rural enclave south of Zephyrhills - rather than through it - when work begins next year to replace an aging bridge over the Hillsborough River. ...more

May 5, 2008

Yep, the smart is small, with only a few inches between our shoulders, but there is plenty of head and leg room, enough so that I could wear a hat and stretch my legs out nearly straight. ...more

December 8, 2007

My husband and I spent three weeks touring Greece earlier this fall. The cradle of democracy had much to teach us. ...more

October 26, 2007