When Hillsborough County schools closed last week, more than 190,000 students were unleashed to begin practicing their summer chant: ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - When Hillsborough County schools closed last week, more than 190,000 students were unleashed to begin practicing their summer chant: ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - Doctors at Tampa General Hospital had just started a nonsurgical heart procedure last week on a man when they realized there was a mistake. ...more

May 28, 2008

Sylvia Helms is taking the road less traveled. She used to head north on North Boulevard and make a right at Main Street to drop off and pick up her two daughters at Blake High School. But since North Boulevard was closed last month at Interstate 275, she has used the recommended detour and an alternative route she found, adding about 10 minutes to her commute from Riverview. ...more

May 10, 2008

SEBRING — The Florida Highway Patrol was investigating Friday the death of Francis Duplessie, 90, of Avon Park, who was injured in a U.S. 27 north motorcycle crash on April 24. ...more

May 9, 2008

Regarding "DOT Addresses I-275 Backups" (Metro, Feb. 21): I'm not sure this article was meant to amuse, but it did. A quick read will instruct all newcomers to the reason the roads are a mess in the Tampa Bay area. The DOT was "surprised" that closing off 25 percent of the lanes along Interstate 275 would cause the "conga line" of 94,000 cars coming into Tampa daily. Their spokesman, John McShaffrey, said, "If we'd known..." ...more

February 25, 2008

Indy Car racing has finally gotten together. The Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series signed a deal Friday to unify the two American open-wheel circuits, bringing them under the umbrella of the IRL. ...more

February 23, 2008

Local YMCA officials hope to make a splash with a new aquatic center they want to open this summer. ...more

February 16, 2008

Curt Schilling has a "significant" shoulder injury that could require career-ending surgery, according to a report that also said the Red Sox looked into whether they could void the $8 million, 1-year contract he agreed to three months ago. ...more

February 8, 2008

WEEKI WACHEE - It's just about official: the mermaids soon will be state employees. ...more

January 25, 2008