Amtrak's Silver Star, New York to Miami, stopping in Tampa, was running 45 minutes late Thursday afternoon. Passengers waited in Tampa's historic Union Station. Baggage sat on carts. ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Unemployment On Rise The unemployment rate in the Bay area and the state continues to rise. According to statistics from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, the unemployment rate in Florida rose to 4.7 percent in December, compared with 4.3 percent in November. The unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in December 2006. ...more

January 19, 2008

It's easy to get swept away with the nostalgia of a train ride. Jennifer O'Connor certainly is. ...more

December 24, 2007

It's easy to get swept away with the nostalgia of a train ride. Jennifer O'Connor certainly is. ...more

December 22, 2007

TAMPA - A man killed when his pickup stopped on train tracks as an Amtrak locomotive approached Sunday was identified today as Stanley Pinder, 69, of Brandon. Pinder's Dalmatian, Freckles, was with him at the time and also was killed on impact, authorities said. ...more

October 29, 2007

TAMPA – El hombre que se encontraba en una camioneta pickup murió cuando fue embestido por una locomotora Amtrak a las 2 p.m. el domingo, ha sido identificado como Stanley Pinder de 69 años residente de 4128 Alafia Blvd. En Brandon. ...more

October 29, 2007

A National Transportation Safety Board inquiry into the deadly train-pickup crash that killed 10 people Oct. 2, 1977, underscores the danger of area railroad crossings and called for corrective action and the installation of safety gates, lights and reflectors at the state's most vulnerable corridor. ...more

October 4, 2007

Looking for office space? The city hopes you'll consider the baggage building at Tampa Union Station. ...more

September 24, 2007

Three days after Thanksgiving 1966, baby-faced rookie Officer Walter T. Barclay raced to a beauty salon that was being burglarized at 4 a.m. ...more

September 5, 2007