A bicyclist was flown to a Tampa Bay area hospital Monday night after he was struck by a vehicle near Buford Avenue and U.S. 98 Bypass, Pasco Fire Rescue said. ...more

January 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– Irv Barber was 10 years old when he built his first model airplane from sticks. It was a simple rubber band-powered plane. Now 75 and a retired homebuilder/developer, his enthusiasm for planes has never wavered. In high school he built and flew U-control planes. With two wires and a handle, they're flown in circles, loops and rolls. He continually advanced to radio-controlled planes in the '60s. Although most people buy their planes already manufactured, Barber has been an exact builder for quite a few years. ...more

December 3, 2007

SARASOTA - A Lakewood Ranch couple were flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after a crash involving a police patrol car. ...more

November 14, 2007

On Sept. 28 we took I-75 toward Miami to fly to Peru. By 3:15 p.m. the car was in storage, and we were at the airport awaiting our 1:35 a.m. departure. ...more

November 4, 2007

Tonight ghosts, goblins and probably a Britney Spears or two, will walk the streets during the Original Carrollwood annual Halloween Parade. ...more

October 29, 2007

Looking like Noah's Ark after the flood, a sleek, 158-foot yacht driven aground by a hurricane lies just offshore, mired for most of the past two years in a dispute with the government over how to free it without doing too much damage to seagrass. ...more

October 7, 2007

Bringing up the rear suits Ridgewood's Randy Watkins just fine. For this No. 5 golfer, it's a matter of what feels right. ...more

October 3, 2007

Clearwater native Benjamin Dimmitt returns to Tampa for an exhibit of his black and white landscape photographs, running Friday through Oct. 27 at Clayton Galleries. ...more

September 12, 2007