St. Petersburg Beach angling fanatics Brad Ball, Chris Turner and Kevin Ahearn have spent many hours around the docks of Florida's west coast, and they had one common observation: The dock lights at most residences and waterfront businesses are ugly, inefficient and short-lived. ...more

February 8, 2009

Christmas is upon us and people's thoughts naturally turn to good will and happiness. ...more

December 23, 2008

Following baseball great Yogi Berra's sage advice - "You can observe a lot of things if you just watch" - two Tampa residents volunteering on a committee noticed that disabled people, including many returning veterans, have been left out of community efforts to promote the development of affordable housing. ...more

June 2, 2008

We Americans have become a more cantankerous, quarrelsome lot in recent decades. ...more

May 22, 2008

Missing Iraq war veteran Eric Hall phoned a longtime friend in Indiana on Wednesday, his family announced. ...more

February 23, 2008

DEEP CREEK — Missing Iraq war veteran Eric Hall phoned a longtime friend in Indiana on Wednesday, his family said. ...more

February 22, 2008

Garbage pickup once a week? Tampa Councilman John Dingfelder presented that option at Thursday's city council meeting as a way to counter the need to increase fees for garbage collection. ...more

February 22, 2008

Garbage pickup once a week? Tampa Councilman John Dingfelder presented that option at today's city council meeting. He says the money saved could help avoid the need to increase fees for garbage collection. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA -- Trash pickup once a week? Tampa Councilman John Dingfelder will present that option at today's city council meeting. He wants the council to ask Mayor Pam Iorio to look into it. ...more

February 21, 2008

BRADENTON - For more than two weeks, Justin Matthews had been trying to capture a 13-foot-long python outside the Wal-Mart on State Road 64. ...more

February 6, 2008