TAMPA Mayor Pam Iorio announced tpday that she is laying off 100 city workers, the second announcement of mass layoffs in roughly five months. The layoffs are in response to shortfalls in the city's budget due to property tax reform. ...more

November 14, 2007

A former bank manager was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for orchestrating a robbery at the Apollo Beach bank where she worked. ...more

November 14, 2007

TAMPA - A former bank manager was sentenced this morning to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for orchestrating a robbery at the Apollo Beach bank where she worked. Bibi Lall, 36, acknowledged plotting with armed robber Paul Anthony Graham, 46, to take $127,000 from Trustco Bank in October 2006. When investigators pressured Lall for details on the crime, she lied and told them Graham had blackmailed her, threatening to tell her husband about her boyfriend, lawyers said. ...more

November 13, 2007

Six months ago, the city reported losing about 4 billion gallons of water over the course of a year, or about 14 percent of the water it produced. ...more

November 11, 2007

When Lightning C Ryan Craig reported to the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL for a two-game rehabilitation assignment, assistant general manager Claude Loiselle reminded him not to take the league lightly. ...more

November 9, 2007

On Feb. 7, a sniper employed by Blackwater USA, the private security company, opened fire from the roof of the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The bullet tore through the head of a 23-year-old guard for the state-funded Iraqi Media Network, who was standing on a balcony across an open traffic circle. ...more

November 8, 2007

TAMPA - Tampa International Airport officials said today that they want to build a 3.5-mile light rail system at the airport to link with a possible regional rail system that Tampa Bay area leaders have discussed in recent months. ...more

November 1, 2007

Tampa freshman Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor on Tuesday called on President Bush to finally announce a nominee for U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida. ...more

October 24, 2007

Seven months into its work and under a deadline to report back to Hillsborough County commissioners, a committee studying revisions to a plan governing development along North Dale Mabry Highway is as divided as ever. ...more

October 20, 2007

Tourism can be Pinellas County's main defense against a faltering economy, but the industry must remain alert to problems - including raising hotel prices too high - a consultant warned Wednesday. ...more

September 12, 2007