Super Bowl visitors entering the city's downtown next week will be greeted by this message: "Welcome to Downtown Tampa: There's so many reasons to love it." Sounds like a nice message, but there's a problem. The banner, at Franklin and Platt streets near Channelside Drive, contains an error: The subject and verb in the second part don't match. Grammatically speaking, "There's" (for "there is") should be "There are." ...more

January 22, 2009

Super Bowl visitors entering the city's downtown next week will be greeted by this message: "Welcome to Downtown Tampa: There's so many reasons to love it." ...more

January 21, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves's home for three decades was deteriorating. What remained was an emotional bond and a roof over her head. ...more

January 21, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves's home for three decades was deteriorating. What remained was an emotional bond and a roof over her head. ...more

January 21, 2009

For decades the Temple Terrace Junior Woman's Club has been known as a hands-on service organization dedicated to doing heartfelt projects that benefit the community. ...more

January 7, 2009

A public access television network that had its funding cut by the county commission can continue to broadcast for at least four more years, according to a tentative settlement of the network's lawsuit against Hillsborough County. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

Masque Community Theatre President Joe LoPinto describes Ruth Kegel as the "glue" that holds the nonprofit group together. ...more

December 31, 2008

John Miller hopes to cure cancer with music. Using his album and those of other musicians, Miller, 27, wants to raise money through concerts and album sales, with all proceeds benefitting the American Cancer Society. ...more

December 31, 2008

They are untouched by human hands but willing to get close enough for a handout. ...more

December 26, 2008