TAMPA - For at least the third time this campaign cycle, Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson will need to return a campaign contribution because the donor appears to have exceeded legal limits. ...more

July 25, 2008

As the chairman of the Board for the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority (THEA), I wish to clarify a few misconceptions about THEA's role in the Gandy corridor project. ...more

July 25, 2008

There's still hope for commuters in New Tampa and Pasco County longing for a connection between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

July 23, 2008

In my opinion you can't pay our police officers enough, seeing as, like the military, they are risking their lives to protect us. But there's an interesting perk that Tampa police officers enjoy that is growing by leaps and bounds. That is, it increases commensurate with gasoline prices. Many officers who live anywhere in Tampa, Hillsborough County and any adjacent county, meaning Pinellas, Pasco, Polk or Manatee, are allowed to take their cars home and their gas is paid for. ...more

July 22, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County commissioners are expected to vote Wednesday on $6 million in funding to lure a Massachusetts-based high-tech firm to open a research and product development laboratory at the University of South Florida. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies say a man fatally choked the family cat in front of his wife and two daughters, ages 7 and 1. ...more

July 14, 2008

From the porch of the Gandy Bait and Tackle shop owned by his father for 20 years, Zack Robinson can catch a glimpse of the future. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies have issued a first-degree murder warrant for Jose A. Villegas-Cintron after the stabbing Saturday of a 20-year-old Tampa man. ...more

July 8, 2008

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue will be checking trees at fire stations to make sure they're stable after one tipped over and smashed into two trucks. ...more

July 7, 2008

With traffic expected to surge during the next decade, the agency that manages the Selmon Crosstown Expressway wants to widen the highway's elevated portion through downtown. ...more

July 6, 2008