A sports bar and grill on Nebraska Avenue could be serving beer and wings in time for the Super Bowl. ...more

October 15, 2008

Deputies say a woman foiled a burglary about 2 p.m. today when she pulled into her driveway and saw three strangers walking out the front door of her Seminole home. ...more

October 1, 2008

For Habitat for Humanity and the city of St. Petersburg, it is the 100th house they have built together for a deserving family. More importantly, they agreed, it is the first house for Cynthia Ivey and her 15-year-old daughter, Chauncey. ...more

September 3, 2008

Roxanne Tobaison had no idea she was an artist until she was grown, married and raising children. ...more

August 20, 2008

County Has Double Standard On Safety ...more

August 5, 2008

There are enough vacant home lots in the Tampa Bay area to last builders 66 months, or more than 5 years, according to a report released Tuesday. And that's if no other land is developed for home sites. ...more

July 30, 2008

Temple Terrace In hopes of finding quieter surroundings, an eye surgeon's practice on Fowler Avenue is building new offices a few blocks away on 56th Street. ...more

July 9, 2008

Having read the opinion of both local papers and letters to the editors regarding the recent discussion of reducing impact fees, I feel compelled to provide some edification to this issue. ...more

July 1, 2008

Dane Jenkins admits he was a bit of a runt growing up. His small frame - 112 pounds at high school graduation - earned him constant teasing as a kid. ...more

June 24, 2008

The City of Sebring has chosen the right way to impose its proposed fire assessments. Make groups of property owners pay proportionally to the fire calls they make, and don't exempt anyone. After the City of Avon Park's harrowing experience to make groups –– initially exempted –– pay their share of the assessment, Sebring has decided that exempting anyone, and later asking for their money, is a bad idea. That's a good policy in making taxation as fair as possible. Fires do not discriminate, be it a church building, a government office or a home, or a vacant lot. And there's no reason why some property owners should be discriminated against when paying this proposed assessment. ...more

May 12, 2008