Everglades restoration will get a boost from about $96 million in federal stimulus funds coming to Florida for the work. ...more

April 29, 2009

Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead. ...more

March 29, 2009

Hillsborough County's regional reservoir could be out of commission for several years while engineers try to fix cracks in the reservoir's inner walls. ...more

August 19, 2008

Ben Dike had just paid $160 to check two suitcases that exceeded Delta Air Lines' 50-pound weight limit, so the idea of luggage fees didn't sit well with the Tampa businessman. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA - Ben Dike had just paid $160 to check two suitcases that exceeded Delta Airlines' 50-pound weight limit, so the idea of luggage fees didn't sit well with the Tampa businessman. ...more

June 15, 2008

The following is a public service announcement. Hi kids. Your great-grandma cut this out of the newspaper - that's the thing people read before the Internet - and sent it to you through the Postal Service - that's the thing people used before e-mail - because she wants me, a regionally known media personality, to warn you about the terrible dangers of mooning. ...more

June 11, 2008