Planning and zoning commissioners on Monday will consider a request from T-Mobile South to build a 135-foot communication tower on the west side of Linden Drive, south of Spring Hill Drive. ...more

July 12, 2008

A 28-year-old Bartow man was killed in a car wreck on U.S. 98 in Polk County early this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

July 1, 2008

I just did the arithmetic based on your front page story about THE Bus. Rounding the average ridership down to 600, given that the county annual payment is $600,000, the county pays an average of less than $1,000 per rider per year. Since THE Bus only runs for five days a week, that's $3.85 per rider per day and 32 cents per rider per operating hour. ...more

June 25, 2008

State transportation officials opened bids for the long-anticipated widening of U.S. 301 last week and found them all under budget, with the lowest coming in at just less than $61 million. ...more

June 25, 2008

Bids for the long-anticipated widening of U.S. 301 through southern Riverview came in Wednesday well under the budgeted $91 million, and state transportation officials said they're optimistic the project can start construction in a few months. The lowest of 12 bids was about $61 million. The highest was $83 million. ...more

June 18, 2008

Taliban fighters destroyed bridges and planted mines after overrunning villages outside southern Afghanistan's largest city, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Hundreds of farm families fled while the Afghan army rushed in troops. ...more

June 18, 2008

Progress Energy officials are coming to Brookridge on Wednesday and are expected to deliver the news that residents of the retirement community hoped to hear. ...more

June 17, 2008

Residents fear losing their homes. ...more

June 16, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - For once there might be some glimmer of good news about the housing market, at least in Pasco. Sales of existing homes not only rose in May, the number sold last month was slightly higher than the total a year ago, in May 2007. ...more

June 14, 2008

A woman was found dead in the bedroom of a trailer home that was destroyed by a fast-moving fire Thursday afternoon. ...more

June 13, 2008