Trucks and earth-moving machines were on site last week at A Children's Kastle Early Learning Center, where anticipation is building among preschoolers and their parents for a sports and splash park under construction. ...more

January 7, 2009

The housing of 35 Florida National Guard combat medics and other soldiers in sweltering metal huts during training in Texas was "a bit out of control," says a congressman who wants to know of any similar conditions elsewhere. ...more

August 15, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Even a tornado can't keep a good jail down. Less than two months after an EF-1 tornado tore through the central jail complex, off Land O' Lakes Boulevard, the final touches were being made Thursday on the newly erected structure, replacing the one destroyed in the early morning hours of Dec. 16. ...more

January 31, 2008

As local residents struggle to find ways to help the area's homeless, recent dust-ups on both sides of Tampa Bay show the limits of even the most compassionate policies. ...more

December 11, 2007

About 18 months ago, about 10 homeless men sought refuge on the front steps of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the heart of downtown. ...more

December 3, 2007