Many homeowners want to move but feel stuck by their mortgages, owing more on the house than they would gain by selling it. So some are trying to make their old houses new through remodeling, for their own satisfaction or to boost property value. ...more

December 29, 2009

Many homeowners want to move but feel stuck by their mortgages, owing more on the house than they would gain by selling it. ...more

December 29, 2009

Airport tower flies in the face of facts Read Thursday's remarks from the "airport official" defending the need for an airport control tower. Rob Mills is quoted as saying no taxpayer money will be needed to construct the $3 million control tower. Mr. Mills must have been misquoted as all $3 million in public money comes from the taxpayer in either federal or state tax revenues or the airport tenant and business activities. ...more

December 19, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - It took 19 months of construction, $17.5 million in county funds and years on the sheriff's wish list, but the Land O' Lakes Jail expansion is now complete. ...more

November 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Crews recently began extending Sunlake Boulevard south from State Road 54 into the Long Lake Ranch development. ...more

November 12, 2009

Lost sovereignty Editor: It is my understanding that President Barack Obama will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. I have read that the president will sign a treaty without seeking a two-thirds ratification of the treaty by the Senate, or any other type of Congressional approval. I read that most of the world will sign it. It is my understanding that this treaty will bring the United States into a position of submission to the rest of the world and bring us more than ever under the control of the U.N. ...more

October 27, 2009

Thanks to a winning grant proposal, Tampa will receive more than $1.6 million in federal stimulus money to begin the construction of Fire Station No. 22 on Cross Creek Boulevard this year. ...more

October 21, 2009

Progress Energy customers will see an 11-percent decrease in their monthly bills beginning in April. ...more

March 18, 2009

January's collapse of a canopy in Tampa International Airport's parking garage was likely caused by the failure of a steel beam's connections to handle movement caused by temperature changes, an engineering firm has reported. ...more

March 3, 2009

January's collapse of a canopy in Tampa International Airport's parking garage was likely caused by the failure of a steel beam's connections to handle movement caused by temperature changes, an engineering firm has reported. ...more

March 2, 2009