TAMPA – La esperada apertura de la mega tienda Ikea, especializada en muebles y decoración para el hogar, se acerca: la colocación de la primera piedra de la construcción se dio hoy, miércoles. ...more

June 4, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A patrol officer responding tonight to a suicide attempt lost control of his marked car, rolled over at least once and struck a telephone pole, police said. Officer Kenneth Pienik was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - A chain-reaction crash shut down the lower deck of the Selmon Crosstown Expressway's westbound lanes for more than two hours during rush hour today. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA – Tampa Police Department dive team members rescued a manatee this morning after it became stranded in a small lagoon near the 22nd Street Causeway. ...more

May 7, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - The first combined commercial and residential development in the Main Street Project on North 22nd Street will "mirror Westchase." Vince Bekiempis, president of Property Services of America, said Eastchase will cost about $10 million and will be built in a neo-classical style similar to that of Westchase in northwest Hillsborough County. ...more

February 25, 2008

A long-awaited Job Corps Center, which aims to provide a steppingstone to troubled teens and young adults, is projected to contribute $7 million annually to the local economy, Pinellas County economic development officials said. ...more

February 21, 2008

A long-awaited Job Corps Center, which aims to provide a stepping stone to troubled teens and young adults, is projected to contribute $7 million annually to the local economy, Pinellas economic development officials said. ...more

February 21, 2008

James and Blake Emory, part of an Ybor City-based artist's colony, are looking for extras in a street fight scene they're filming for "Beast of Gods," a martial arts flick they hope to complete this year. ...more

February 20, 2008

A 44-year-old laborer was arrested Friday night on a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 11 killing of 44-year-old Donald Kay. ...more

February 16, 2008

I am writing in response to the letter entitled, "Just a Lot of Hype" (Letters, Dec. 20). ...more

January 4, 2008