Regarding "Bay Area Tops For Lead Foot" (front page, Feb. 1): I have been driving for over 50 years on this country's highways and byways. I had never seen, nor been closely involved in, an accident or multiple-vehicle pileup until a year ago at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Fowler Avenue. How I missed not getting involved in it is beyond me. ...more

February 4, 2008

Kelli Ackett didn't sell her house outright at the Big Top Flea Market. But she did get six potential buyers - and one date - out of her six hours in a booth at the Fowler Avenue institution. ...more

January 23, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to market by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property online and in local newspapers. ...more

January 19, 2008

The day of his team's Class 5A-District 8 boys basketball game against Newsome, Armwood coach Jeff Pafunda showed his players an article in Newsome's school newspaper that said the Wolves were looking for redemption. Armwood had won the earlier meeting, 54-34. ...more

January 16, 2008

Deputies say they discovered a Seffner woman under the influence of alcohol Sunday morning in her sport utility vehicle with her 1- and 2-year-old daughters in the back seat. ...more

January 14, 2008

A Seffner woman was under the influence of alcohol this morning in her sport utility vehicle with her 1-year-old and 2-year-old daughters in its back seat, deputies say. ...more

January 13, 2008

Phil Bourquardez Park had appeal when the Tampa Police Department headquarters and the Free Library were nearby. ...more

January 9, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - The idea of an apartment alliance, started in the University Area by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Community Resource Deputy Barbara Reichard, is spreading — with other areas of the county organizing groups. "The chief [Chief Deputy Joe Docodo] really liked how this was done and is wanting it in more districts," said Reichard, who has worked for 10 years in the community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

January 2, 2008

NORTH TAMPA - When Derrick Brooks wasn't suiting up for the Buccaneers this year, he was opening a high school. The football player founded the Brooks-DeBartolo Charter High School, which opened its doors in August at 15th Street and Fowler Avenue. ...more

January 2, 2008

Edward Jackson's vehicle weaved and he traveled well under the posted speed limit while an 11-year-old sat in his passenger seat Tuesday morning, according to the Temple Terrace Police Department. ...more

January 2, 2008