Residents throughout the city seem drawn to the code compliance department's latest means of transportation. ...more

August 24, 2009

Cuban President Raul Castro meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. ...more

April 6, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, displeased with the Tampa Sports Authority's dismissal of longtime Executive Director Henry Saavedra, has told the city's public access television station to start televising the authority's board meetings. ...more

March 26, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio has directed the city public access cable television station to begin televising all Sports Authority meetings. ...more

March 25, 2009

Greek playwright Aristophanes is considered the "Father of Comedy" and the "Prince of Ancient Comedy" -- heavy titles for a guy gifted in funny. And if he were alive today, he likely would have loved American Stage Theatre's adaptation of his 2,500-year-old comic drama "Lysistrata." ...more

March 19, 2009

The official word from the Rays regarding the left wrist injury Fernando Perez suffered in Tuesday's game was that the team is awaiting more information before discussing specifics. ...more

March 11, 2009

I started to write this over a month ago, but I observed something rather remarkable-foreboding. The Republicans-conservatives were rather blase in completely dismissing the eight-year record of doubling the $5 trillion national debt, while blasting President Obama and the Democrats on the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill. In addition they ignored the nearly $3 trillion bailout of the banks and Wall Street with hardly a whimper between September '08 and January, '09. ...more

February 27, 2009

The Issue: Limiting Citizen Input And Reducing The Number Of County Commission Meetings Each Month. Our Opinion: Bad Ideas. ...more

February 19, 2009

Neighbors had their suspicions about the house on Whitmarsh Street. Particularly, they were concerned about the boy who lived there. He always acted withdrawn and shy around other children. His adopted mother worked him like a slave in the backyard planting flowers and trees, according to neighbor Pat Guttman. ...more

February 13, 2009

Neighbors had their suspicions about the house on Whitmarsh Street. ...more

February 12, 2009