TAMPA - Daily ridership dipped Tuesday at Tampa International Airport on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 hijackings, but the airport continued to report record figures this year, including an 8.1 percent increase in August passengers over a year ago. On Tuesday's slow travel day, 13,825 passengers flew from Tampa compared with 16,888 outbound reservations that were scheduled Wednesday, said airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan. Officials estimate the number of arriving passengers matches the number departing Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2007

OCALA - No backpacks are allowed in Marion County schools today. School district officials notified parents yesterday via an automated telephone message saying several schools had received written threats of violence in the mail targeting the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ...more

September 11, 2007