State and local transportation officials got an earful from residents and business owners Tuesday at a meeting to help them sort through the maze of ongoing and future road projects in South Tampa. ...more

July 30, 2008

State and local transportation officials got an earful from residents and business owners at a meeting today to help them sort through the maze of ongoing and future road projects in South Tampa. ...more

July 29, 2008

For years officials in Pinellas County pushed the Florida Department of Transportation to extend the Gandy Bridge, a major span crossing Tampa Bay, to the Crosstown Expressway. This, they said, was needed to improve traffic flow during hurricane evacuation. ...more

July 26, 2008

From the porch of the Gandy Bait and Tackle shop owned by his father for 20 years, Zack Robinson can catch a glimpse of the future. ...more

July 13, 2008

Hiram Mercado, 71, Tampa Goal: Better fitness following major heart surgery ...more

July 5, 2008

Michael Shea, commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, wants the city to improve what he calls deteriorating conditions at two of the busiest boat ramps on Tampa Bay. ...more

June 21, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mike Anderson, right, with "Reel Animals" partner Billy Nobles. ...more

June 6, 2008

Seventy-seven people died in Florida boating accidents last year, and here's the typical victim: ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - The most common Florida boating fatality last year was a man 36 to 50 years old who was ejected from a gasoline-powered, propeller-driven boat after noon in March -- who could swim but drowned -- and had no formal boating education. ...more

May 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Pinellas County emergency personnel are on the scene of a crash involving an overturned refrigerated semi-truck carrying ice cream in the eastbound lanes of Gandy Boulevard near the Gandy Bridge. ...more

May 10, 2008