Drunken partygoers fighting, destroying property and urinating in backyards. ...more

October 21, 2009

The next time you're thinking there's nothing you can do for the environment, think about the eight students in Friends for Florida. ...more

October 21, 2009

During the past several months, Gasparilla Parade organizers have met with neighborhood groups, local business owners and city officials and have come up with a new strategy they say should curtail the bad behavior without putting a damper on the city's signature event. ...more

October 20, 2009

I read with great interest the article "Use regional approach to restore waterways" (Views, Oct. 11). ...more

October 15, 2009

Every year, 20,000 rubber ducks race down the Hillsborough River to help end hunger in this area. ...more

October 14, 2009

Joe Chuney of Tampa owns a Volkswagen. But it's not just any old VW, it's a 1957 oval window sedan. ...more

October 14, 2009

The University of Tampa will hold a memorial service Sept. 13 for Ryan McCall, a student athlete shot to death last month during an off-campus robbery. ...more

September 4, 2009

The man accused of raping an elderly woman and triggering a massive manhunt is no stranger to Florida prisons – or to being released long before his sentences were slated to end. ...more

September 2, 2009

A July 23 town hall meeting gave residents a chance to voice what they like and dislike about the city and what they want incorporated into the new downtown center. ...more

July 29, 2009

The city council on Thursday asked the city's legal staff and police marine unit to devise a strategy to persuade the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take a new look at allowing an ordinance setting speed limits and a no-wake zone on an approximately mile-long stretch of the Hillsborough River. The city can approve an ordinance, but officials say the state probably would nix it because of a lack of statistics showing accidents, injuries or fatalities. ...more

July 18, 2009