Restoration has been completed on the Tarpon Springs. The city's sponge boat, which has become an attraction and photo opportunity at the Sponge Docks, is once again shipshape. ...more

September 18, 2009

Brush fires in Ruskin and Haines City kept Tampa Bay area firefighters busy on Sunday. A blaze in Ruskin that grew to 150 acres was contained by 10 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Bruce Delk said. ...more

March 16, 2009

By the time the sun poked a red eye over the horizon, as if it shared a collective Sunday morning hangover, most of the detritus was cleared. ...more

February 9, 2009

By the time the sun poked a red eye over the horizon like it shared Tampa's collective hangover and would rather sleep in, most of the detritus was cleaned from Saturday's parade route. ...more

February 8, 2009

Pillage and plunder if you must, but please remember to recycle. ...more

February 6, 2009

Slush has never smelled so spicy. ...more

December 18, 2008

The city's sponge boat will remain one of the city's signature photo opportunities. ...more

November 29, 2008

People who don't live in the city who bring yard debris into city limits and clandestinely leaving it to be picked up with residents' trash be warned: There is a price on your heads. ...more

September 25, 2008

Nonresidents who are in the habit of bringing their yard debris into city limits and clandestinely leaving it to be picked up with residents' trash, be warned, there is a price on your heads. ...more

September 24, 2008

As Tropical Storm Fay ambled onto shore near Naples, Bill Knab and his wife watched and listened. When Hurricane Wilma hit the area in 2005, they estimate their home suffered more than $100,000 damage. The Knabs say that compared to Wilma, this storm was a "nonevent." Still the Naples residents did see some minor street flooding. ...more

August 19, 2008