Cheryl Blakey's daughter, Leah, hadn't been born when neighborhood residents began petitioning Tampa City Hall to widen 40th Street. ...more

January 21, 2009

One by one, players filed past Leria Jenrette, bending down to shake her hand. Armwood coach Billy Teeden bent down and hugged the Tampa Bay Tech junior guard. ...more

January 14, 2009

Three people broke into several vehicles inside and outside of Tampa city limits and stole thousands of dollars in property late Tuesday and early Wednesday, investigators say. ...more

October 16, 2008

Kathy Maloney, out of work since May, resorted to selling stuff at a nearby pawnshop Monday night to get cash to feed her dogs. Tuesday, she took her plight to the street. ...more

October 8, 2008

Fifty-four-year-old Katherine Maloney, out of work since May and fresh from a trip to the pawnshop last night to get cash to feed her dogs, took her plight to the street this morning. At the break of dawn, she stood at the corner of Humphrey Street and North Dale Mabry Highway and handed out 100 resumes. Her face-to-face style may have paid off. About an hour after she started, she had gotten three bites. ...more

October 7, 2008

Hammered by a stalled construction economy, more contractors are turning to cities, counties and the state for public works jobs. ...more

September 2, 2008