The family of an 8-year-old girl who drowned in a Westchase swimming pool three years ago has settled its lawsuit against the Westchase Community Association, the community's property management company, a swim coach and a regulating agency for competitive swimming. ...more

May 3, 2008

TAMPA - The family of an 8-year-old girl who drowned in a Westchase swimming pool three years ago has settled its lawsuit against the Westchase Community Association, the community's property management company, a swim coach and a regulating agency for competitive swimming. ...more

May 2, 2008

Muller Elementary fifth-graders probably will think twice about bicycling without a helmet or diving into a swimming pool this summer. ...more

April 12, 2008

Hillsborough County officials are asking residents of the FishHawk Ranch area to stay away from the water after a pipe burst this afternoon and spilled about 10,000 gallons of sewage into a creek and a nearby retention pond. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - Police charged a Temple Terrace man and his teenage son with felony burglary and other charges after officers found them removing aluminum screens from a vacant house. ...more

January 22, 2008

SEBRING — Going to build a new church? The impact fee has gone up another 5 percent, according to a new schedule released by the Highlands County building official's office. The charge is now $1,528 per 1,000 square feet. Last year, impact fees were adopted at 25 percent of the amount Highlands County commissioners plan to eventually charge on new homes and commercial buildings. In September, the five board members decided not to raise impact fees for 2008, then changed their minds a week later and went to 30 percent. ...more

January 16, 2008

A booming membership has forced a local gym to get a lot bigger. ...more

January 13, 2008

Watching Matt Cicanese dive is like watching a major-league ballplayer hit a home run. The movements are synchronized and appear effortless, as if in slow motion. ...more

December 28, 2007

A recent assignment for the creative writing club I belong to was to prepare a story describing a job we had while in high school. Even though that was so very long ago, I still possess vivid memories. ...more

December 28, 2007

In reading Mr. Herbert's column, from his clues, I determined that I lived in the gated community he was describing. Even more amazing was to discover that Mr. Herbert and I had both moved into the community in 2002. If Mr. Herbert didn't receive a copy of the covenants (deed restrictions for the community) at the time of his move-in, he definitely became aware of them a year ago when the residents voted on the revised covenants which clarified, strengthened and put more restrictions in place in this deed-restricted community. ...more

December 27, 2007