A $3.9 million federal grant was awarded Thursday to provide housing and social services for Hillsborough County's estimated 9,500 homeless people. ...more

February 20, 2009

A 38-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were arrested today in connection with a home invasion Monday afternoon in Tampa, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 17, 2009

Local officials say the best use of stimulus funding in the Tampa Bay area is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 17, 2009

Local officials are betting the best use of stimulus funding is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 16, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio will meet with Gov. Charlie Crist's chief of staff on Wednesday to make her pitch for a Tampa-centric rail plan, a project that will require state funding. ...more

February 10, 2009

Nearly $1.5 million was returned Monday to several government organizations in the Tampa Bay area after state investigators found that insurance brokers received undisclosed fees and commissions from insurers. ...more

February 10, 2009

Nearly $1.5 million was returned today to several government organizations in the Tampa Bay area after state investigators found that insurance brokers received undisclosed fees and commissions from insurers. ...more

February 9, 2009

The project connecting Interstate 4 to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is running out of gas. ...more

January 29, 2009

The project connecting Interstate 4 to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is running out of gas. ...more

January 28, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio made an impassioned pitch Friday for a Tampa-centric rail plan to members of TBARTA, the region's transportation authority, saying the system's first leg could be built in five or six years if approved by voters in a 2010 referendum. ...more

January 24, 2009