Jeff Roth credits his faith and family in keeping him grounded in a difficult job where he regularly deals with horrific cases of child abuse and neglect. ...more

September 8, 2008

The state will close the eastern portions of the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers because years of deterioration and saltwater corrosion make them difficult to maintain. ...more

August 21, 2008

The above-average rainfall of this summer is supposed to help fill Tampa Bay Water's C.W. Bill Young Reservoir in Hillsborough County. Instead, it is posing problems. The reservoir's soil-cement lining, which is designed to control erosion, is cracking. So are the patches. ...more

August 15, 2008

Is there a way to get my condominium documents without paying the management office for them? Maybe there's an Internet site where I can download them? ...more

August 14, 2008

Tampa Bay Water officials plan to limit the amount of water stored this year in the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir so engineers can better investigate cracks in the reservoir walls. ...more

August 7, 2008

According to a report this week in The Tampa Tribune, the layer of soil cement that helps stabilize the walls of Tampa Bay Water's C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, in eastern Hillsborough County, is only 3 inches thick in some places. The specifications of the 15-billion-gallon, $146 million reservoir say this layer of compacted sand and cement is supposed to be 12 inches thick. Executives of the Clearwater-based regional wholesale utility say this poses no safety threat to the people in the vicinity of the reservoir. Given the recent history of Tampa Bay Water, however, this situation and the way it has been handled is a source of concern. ...more

July 5, 2008

The long-awaited project to repave a portion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is about to begin. ...more

July 2, 2008

At the moment of greatest despair, Wang Zhijun tried to kill himself by twisting his neck against the debris. ...more

May 19, 2008

It is probably safe to assume that during a major construction project like a school there will be a glitch or two come up and that's understandable. A structural problem with a building is much more than that as in the case of Highlands County's newest school being built between Avon Park and Sebring. Expansion in the metal roof of Memorial Elementary School caused cracks in cement blocks a few weeks ago. The problem at Memorial has been fixed, according to a school official. ...more

May 3, 2008

Drivers crossing the Gandy Bridge into South Tampa this week will have to be mindful of the "snooper truck." ...more

February 24, 2008