TAMPA - A day after his life came unraveled to the squeal of tires and snarl of metal, Eugene Eichorn was recuperating at home. The gravity of what happened early Tuesday morning -- the violent death of his fiancée, Tonya Ellis -- had yet to sink in, he said. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Brandon Bypass is bygone, at least for now. Activists trying to reform the county's growth management policies have been pressuring elected officials to remove the conceptual highway from all planning maps. Tuesday, they saw their efforts succeed, as officials voted unanimously to take the penciled route that would sweep through southeastern Hillsborough off the Metropolitan Planning Organization's list of needed transportation improvements for 2025. ...more

December 5, 2007

Tonya Ellis and her fiance shared their last ride to work Tuesday morning. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - The Brandon Bypass is bygone, at least for now. ...more

December 4, 2007

Tanya Ellis and her fiancé shared their last ride to work this morning. Shortly before 6 a.m., Ellis and Eugene Eichorn hopped into a white Toyota Corolla and left their home on 1508 E. Genessee St. They had worked together at a road construction company for roughly two years, she flagging drivers toward detours and he putting up barriers for road work, a supervisor said. ...more

December 4, 2007

Art and wine are on the agenda for the East Hillsborough Art Guild's 16th annual A Christmas Showing of Art. ...more

December 3, 2007

TAMPA - Police are investigating a fatal shooting on East Caracas Street that occurred about 8:30 p.m. tonight. ...more

November 30, 2007

The annual celebration of the area's heritage had an added twist this year. ...more

November 24, 2007

A Hillsborough County school bus driver is free on $2,000 bail today after police said she sold officers about 30 bootleg DVDs of movies currently in theaters. ...more

November 20, 2007

Want some entertainment with a retro feel? The Fun-Lan on East Hillsborough Avenue at 22nd Street in Tampa is one of the few places where moviegoers can nestle in their automobile cocoons to watch first-run movies such as "American Gangster" with Denzel Washington. And as if that isn't weirdly delicious enough, the Fun-Lan mystique doesn't vanish at sunrise. ...more

November 13, 2007