Still undecided between the University of South Carolina and Tennessee, Jarvis Giles decided to sleep on it. ...more

December 10, 2008

new season has come, the Tampa Bay Rays made it to the World Series, a historic election took place and cooler weather has come to Bay area residents. And, according to officials with Rottlund Homes of Florida, the cooler weather also has brought new home-buying opportunities to those seeking to live in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. ...more

December 7, 2008

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has been notified that its membership in a national group that accredits zoos and aquariums has been suspended. ...more

December 5, 2008

Auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard that state regulators adopted today. ...more

December 2, 2008

Clarification Hernando Oaks II LLP, the developer of Hernando Oaks, asked the county to call the bond against the general contractor, Priority Developers Inc., because the latter failed to complete infrastructure improvements and was in default. A story Wednesday was not clear on that point. ...more

November 14, 2008

2:18 p.m.: Voting has been steady all day at precinct 947 in Summerfield, said Kenneth Jarvis, precinct deputy. ...more

November 4, 2008

Two new high schools in Lutz and Plant City will result in redrawing boundaries in those areas, and Hillsborough County school officials will use the opportunity to look at shuffling students from crowded schools to others that are under capacity. ...more

October 8, 2008

The rate of close calls on airport runways is up over last year and the risk of a collision is high, a government investigator said Thursday. ...more

September 26, 2008

Letters to the Editor ...more

September 24, 2008

Joe Puglia, the Brooksville Democrat who sought to wrest the District 44 House seat from Republican Rob Schenck, left the race today citing the need to give full attention his family. ...more

September 17, 2008