Just like their human families, many pets these days are treading on shaky ground. ...more

December 16, 2009

A thick bed of foul-smelling muck blankets the bottom of a dozen canals along Old Tampa Bay, caused by decades of stormwater runoff and overdevelopment. ...more

December 14, 2009

Tampa and residents have wrangled for years over whose responsibility it is to clean up the canals, many of them carved into the coastline by developers in the early-1960s after the West Shore area was annexed into the city from Hillsborough County. ...more

December 13, 2009

On any given day, 70 to 100 animals come into the county's shelter, many never to return to their original home. ...more

December 9, 2009

After spending a month of learning about farms, animals and what they do for agriculture, students at Independent Day School-Corbett Campus received a hands-on lesson. ...more

November 4, 2009

After spending a month of learning about farms, animals and what they do for agriculture, students at Independent Day School-Corbett Campus received a hands-on lesson. ...more

November 4, 2009

The case cries out for undercover work. Police are investigating an unusual rash of beach blanket thefts - 17 since Sept. 3 - and have arrested one suspect. ...more

September 26, 2009

Police are investigating an unusual rash of beach blanket thefts – 17 since Sept. 3 – and have arrested one suspect. ...more

September 25, 2009

Blue skies and warm temperatures lured the hungry to Centennial Park in Ybor City on Sunday to honor all things Italian during the 12th annual Festa Italiana. ...more

March 30, 2009

Donna Byrne's horses are happy. Settled into stalls at a horse auction north of Ocala, Tonto and Jay spent Saturday resting and munching on grain. But they still have a long walk ahead of them. ...more

February 22, 2009