The city's carbon footprint could soon be getting bigger. Tampa officials want to increase the amount of methanol they're allowed to use at the Howard F. Curren Wastewater Treatment Plant, a move environmental regulators say will double the level of hazardous air emissions coming from the facility. ...more

November 7, 2009

One hundred and twenty gallons of diesel spilled at the landfill, concluded an engineering firm hired by Highlands County to investigate the fuel spill. That information is being reported to the state. ...more

October 23, 2009

The city is facing fines of more than $16,000 from environmental regulators for a litany of alleged violations on a fuel storage tank at the Tampa Convention Center. ...more

July 30, 2009

The city is facing fines of more than $16,000 from environmental regulators for a litany of alleged violations on a fuel storage tank at the Tampa Convention Center. ...more

July 29, 2009

An attempted burglary at a Polk County distributing company during the weekend is blamed for a spill of swimming pool chlorine that may have leaked up to 3,000 gallons of the chemical. ...more

August 11, 2008

In response to the letter "Credit Card Up Charge," I am a bit disappointed that there were no facts stated, only accusations, and that Mr. Thompson did not do his research before he decided to write his "letter of complaint" to the editor of this newspaper. ...more

August 6, 2008

Deputies arrested two Tampa men and charged them with stealing more than $250 worth of diesel fuel from a semitraileraround 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report. ...more

July 23, 2008

A grease truck collided with a sport utility vehicle at a city intersection off Interstate 275 this morning, with both vehicles flipping and at least one of them striking and killing a nearby bicyclist. ...more

July 18, 2008

Our nicely-equipped LX sedan with a 5-speed automatic — surprisingly, the automatic version is more economical than the 5-speed manual — stickers for $17,760. ...more

July 12, 2008

A tanker truck carrying used oil overturned on a rural stretch of road outside Dade City on Wednesday evening, spilling some of its cargo. ...more

July 10, 2008