Longtime local cigar maker Wally Reyes will begin building a cigar today that he hopes will be the longest ever. ...more

October 8, 2009

Bayshore Boulevard will be losing its thump-thump this summer. Starting Saturday, the Hillsborough County Public Works Department will begin repairs on the northbound and southbound lanes of the road between the Davis Islands Bridge overpass and Rome Avenue. ...more

July 17, 2009

That wilting evergreen that only days ago stood so tall and green in the living room may be running out of life, but there's no reason to throw it out with the trash. ...more

January 1, 2009

TAMPA -- That wilting evergreen that only days ago stood so tall and green in the living room may be running out of life, but there's no reason to throw it out with the trash. Beginning Monday, the city's solid waste department will collect Christmas trees from city residents, free of charge. Then it will grind the old trees into mulch. ...more

December 31, 2008

The two men caught Sidney Garcia's eye as they strolled onto North Highland Avenue. Garcia was on his porch having a smoke. It was about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, and he had just fed some of the neighborhood's stray cats. ...more

September 19, 2008

Around the 3100 block of North Highland Avenue, a Tampa Police officer found six poles today where copper ground wires were stripped. ...more

September 18, 2008