The Tampa Firefighters Museum, 720 E. Zack St., hosts its annual BBQ Cook-Off from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with five teams of firehouse cooks serving up their best dishes. ...more

November 14, 2008

City officials unveiled plans Thursday to buy more than 100 foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

November 14, 2008

City officials today unveiled ambitious plans to purchase more than 100 foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 23-year-old Tampa man has been charged in a carjacking Tuesday in West Tampa. Police believe George Legrande, of 1802 E. 29th Ave., asked a 54-year-old Tampa man for a ride about 3:40 a.m., and the man agreed, an arrest report states. Legrande and the man walked to the man's gold 1988 Toyota Camry near Spruce Street and Willow Avenue, and the man opened his driver's side door and put a he key in the ignition. ...more

November 12, 2008

Don't think you can make a difference in your community? Consider Mary Lee Farrior and Sara Romeo. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Red Cross Angels will have its annual Silver Coffee from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the home of Missy and Corey Steadman, 3401 Mullen Ave. ...more

November 12, 2008

Thousands of football fans will converge on the Tampa Bay area for Super Bowl week in February, and they'll need a place to stay. ...more

November 8, 2008

It wasn't an election. It was THE election. These blacks from Tampa filled in the bubble for a candidate they felt passionately about. ...more

November 5, 2008

2:06 p.m.:An optical scanner had to be replaced soon after polls opened at the Wellswood Baptist Church in Tampa, according to a poll worker. ...more

November 4, 2008

9:44 a.m.: Four years ago, Natalie Vinniane was registered to vote for president but decided not to. Things are different this election. ...more

November 4, 2008