Dozens of residents talk about life in Tampa before and during the civil rights era in fragile recordings to be released online. ...more

January 28, 2008

For the past 16 months, the Family Justice Center has provided one-stop services for the victims of domestic violence, helping them find the support and direction needed to start their lives anew. ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa center that makes it easier for domestic violence victims to break from abusive relationships is set to close next month after a yearlong struggle for financial support. ...more

January 23, 2008

SEBRING — About 400 middle and high school students met regularly to plan activities on spreading the word about the dangers of tobacco and smoking. That was five years ago before a funding cut in 2003 severely curtailed, or at some schools ended the Students Working Against Tobacco (S.W.A.T.) program. With a federal grant to fund it, the Highlands County Health Department proposes to reinstitute the program in the county's high schools. Active S.W.A.T. membership in the county has dropped 70.8 percent since the year 2000, according Donna Noel Stayton, Health Department tobacco prevention specialist. About 28.1 percent of the high school students in Highlands County reported using tobacco within the last 30 days of taking the 2006 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey . ...more

January 22, 2008

The sight of scaffolding and guys in hard hats may give shoppers the impression that downtown's Fifth Avenue has been turned into a construction zone. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Shady Oaks Mobile Home Park has survived many a hurricane, but the residents aren't taking any chances. ...more

December 28, 2007

The mud is likely to fly when Tampa City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on a plan to clean clogged canals in South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA - Yolanda Williams walked out of her son's room at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital and into the hallway, trying to find a grip on reality. ...more

November 30, 2007

TAMPA - The city council inched forward Thursday with a proposal to tax waterfront property owners for canal dredging in their South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

November 16, 2007

When Gladys Sanchez learned an elementary school girl needed eye surgery, she slid behind her desk and picked up the telephone. ...more

November 14, 2007