Airline passengers looking for protection against being stranded for hours on tarmacs shouldn't count on help from a federal task force that's been wrestling with the problem for nearly a year. ...more

November 12, 2008

Though the east spans of the Skyway fishing piers were carrying 20,000-pound motorhomes just a few weeks ago, the Florida Department of Transportation says the 50-year-old structures are so unsafe they cannot bear even the weight of a few dozen anglers on foot - the east side of the popular structures will remain closed permanently, according to FDOT spokesperson Kris Carson. ...more

September 5, 2008

a hot, humid London, but London, nonetheless. A gray, constant drizzle of gloom. ...more

August 26, 2008

As I kept one eye on the Olympics from Beijing the past couple of days, and another on the approaching tropical storm-hurricane, I couldn't help but recall the titanic 2001 effort by a group led by former Hillsborough Commissioner Ed Turanchik to win the 2012 Olympics for Central Florida. ...more

August 19, 2008

Local airport officials were urging travelers planning to fly Tuesday or Wednesday to contact their airlines directly about possible flight cancellations or delays as Tropical Storm Fay approached Florida. ...more

August 18, 2008

TAMPA - If it survives the next few days, a tropical wave about 200 miles from the Caribbean Sea could again have some potential to develop into a depression or tropical storm. ...more

August 13, 2008

On a recent stormy Friday, a 30-mile band of severe weather centered over Gainesville blocked a major commercial airline corridor from the Northeast and Midwest into Tampa International Airport. ...more

August 7, 2008

The triathlon scheduled for this morning at Sand Key Park has been canceled because of bad weather. ...more

July 13, 2008

A Democrat and a Green Party candidate seek to snatch Republican Rep. Rob Schenck's state House seat. ...more

June 28, 2008

Rescuers searched today for survivors of a typhoon that capsized a ferry, flooded villages and left many hundreds dead or missing along its violent path. ...more

June 23, 2008