City officials trying to balance community needs with safety at the annual Gasparilla Parade have come up with these compromises: ...more

November 6, 2009

Drunken partygoers fighting, destroying property and urinating in backyards. ...more

October 21, 2009

During the past several months, Gasparilla Parade organizers have met with neighborhood groups, local business owners and city officials and have come up with a new strategy they say should curtail the bad behavior without putting a damper on the city's signature event. ...more

October 20, 2009

A standing-room-only group of Live Oak Preserve residents chided its homeowners association board last Thursday for approving a bulk cable contract that will contribute to a $301,000 increase in its 2009 budget. ...more

December 24, 2008

NEW TAMPA - A standing-room-only group of Live Oak Preserve residents chided its homeowners association board Thursday for approving a bulk cable contract that will contribute to a $301,000 increase in its 2009 budget. ...more

December 19, 2008

When several Seminole Heights residents noticed last week that their Barack Obama signs were missing from their front yards, they decided to relay a message to the sign snatchers. ...more

October 23, 2008

When several Seminole Heights residents noticed last week that their Barack Obama signs were missing from their front yards, they decided to relay a message to the sign snatchers. ...more

October 22, 2008

It's ugly, expensive and goes right in front of your house where everyone can see it. ...more

August 25, 2008

It's ugly, expensive and goes right in front of your house where everyone can see it. But you're required to buy a backflow prevention device if you irrigate your yard with water from a well, pond or lake. The devices, which can cost $600 or more to install, prevent untreated water from contaminating the public drinking water system. ...more

August 24, 2008

Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, officials said. ...more

August 11, 2008