Community Hospital speech therapists Sarah Preston and Debbie Moore presented a tray filled with 15 random objects, and gave the people in the room a minute to look at it. Then they hid the tray, and five minutes later asked everyone to write down how many objects they could remember. ...more

November 25, 2009

Hernando County dips to 13.8 percent for October; state figures inch upward to 11.2 percent ...more

November 20, 2009

People interested in suggesting improvements on cross-Bay bus service between Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are invited to a public workshop from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today at the downtown Tampa Verizon building, 201 N. Franklin St. ...more

November 19, 2009

Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday formally will accept a $4.2 million federal grant aimed at helping the county use energy more efficiently. ...more

November 14, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step Wednesday toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 5, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step today toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 4, 2009

Charlotte jumped ahead of Tampa in competition for federal funds to build rail transit, but falling behind has its advantages. ...more

October 25, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 24, 2009

Local officials are asking the state to come up with a plan more quickly for how the Howard Frankland Bridge could accommodate a light-rail line. ...more

October 24, 2009

Three men have been indicted on charges they conducted marijuana grow operations in six houses in Pasco and Pinellas counties. ...more

October 23, 2009