There's no chance for a white Christmas here, but the Bay area could be in store for a wet and cloudy one with a fair chance for rain starting after dark today and extending into Friday evening. ...more

December 24, 2009

There's no chance for a white Christmas here, but the Bay area could be in store for a wet and cloudy one with a fair chance for rain starting after dark Thursday and extending into Friday evening. ...more

December 23, 2009

This holiday season, American troops stationed overseas will be "running on Dunkin'" thanks to thousands of customers who donated 3 tons of the popular coffee. ...more

December 19, 2009

The Tampa area's unemployment rate hit 12.3 percent in November, giving it the highest jobless rate among Florida's big metropolitan areas. ...more

December 19, 2009

TONIGHT'S GAME UCF (8-4) VS. ...more

December 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida's passenger rail bill into law Wednesday in ceremonies in Tampa and three other cities while delivering the message that new rail equals thousands of new jobs. More than 150 Tampa Bay area elected officials, business people and transportation advocates turned out at a vacant lot just south of the intersection of Interstate 275 and Interstate 4, where a high-speed rail station is planned for a proposed Tampa-to-Orlando route. The bill will improve the state's chances at winning federal stimulus money for the high-speed rail line that could be built by 2014. It also will jump-start the $1.2 billion SunRail project planned for Central Florida, create a new statewide rail authority and dedicate additional state money to Tri-Rail, South Florida's faltering commuter line. The high-speed project could provide as many as 15,000 construction jobs beginning in 2011 if the Obama administration approves the state's $2.5 billion high-speed rail bid, state officials said in its federal stimulus application. "Jobs, jobs, jobs is what it's really all about," Crist said. ...more

December 17, 2009

Defend Israel Our ally Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. It is critical that the United States take a strong stand against the efforts of the Islamic terrorist ideologues and the world media to refuse to recognize the existence of Israel. ...more

December 17, 2009

The Florida Turnpike is closed temporarily in both directions in Central Florida due to a two-vehicle crash. ...more

December 14, 2009

No one expects 13-year-olds to have their whole lives plotted out. Then again, it's an age where childhood starts to give way as adulthood makes its gradual introduction. Before you or they know it, 13 becomes 16, then 18, then 21 and on to the rest of their lives. ...more

December 11, 2009

TAMPA -- An approaching cold front will boost the chance for rain this afternoon, especially north of the Tampa Bay area, and bring some raw, chilly weather on Thursday. Think chilly, windy, dank and maybe even rainy, with the highest temperatures well before sunrise. ...more

December 9, 2009