Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more

November 13, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more

November 11, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. By a 4-3 vote, the commission approved a $40.5 million bid by Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc. of Tampa to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard from Palm Springs Boulevard to Pebble Creek Drive. The company, which is also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job. ...more

November 5, 2009

Out-of-work Floridians who use illegal drugs shouldn't be able to support their habits with state unemployment compensation benefits, a state senator says. ...more

March 17, 2009

Out-of- work Floridians who use illegal drugs shouldn't be able to support their habits with state unemployment compensation benefits, a state senator says. ...more

March 16, 2009

Jon Brown is finishing a room addition - and that's all the work in the pipeline for his 41/2-year-old construction company, which used to build custom homes. ...more

December 22, 2008

As Randy Nowak was meeting with an undercover agent he thought was a hit man, the Internal Revenue Service officer Nowak wanted dead went into hiding, according to evidence presented this morning in Nowak's trial. ...more

December 16, 2008

A man who loudly voiced his intentions not to go back to jail wound up there anyway Monday on two misdemeanor charges. ...more

November 5, 2008

PLANT CITY - As soon as they walked in the door, they knew they were home. ...more

June 27, 2008

AVON PARK – As gas prices continue to increase – seemingly on a daily basis – Chuck Detore offers some painful numbers for drivers. "It was $2.87 last year at this time," Detore said. "It has gone up 80 cents in a year. That's approximately a 25 percent increase over last year." Also, consider this: According to a report on gas pricing in Florida by then-Attorney General Charlie Crist, the average price of gas in the state in May 2004 was $1.95 per gallon. ...more

May 3, 2008