Hillsborough Area Regional Transit ridership fell during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 for the first time since 2002, a 3.1 percent decline compared with a year ago to 12.3 million passengers. ...more

November 3, 2009

I'm not really sweating the year 2100. It ought to be an interesting enough year. By then, it's likely cars will be running on extract of kudzu, the Tampa Bay Rays regularly will be selling out their domed stadium in Ruskin, the Bucs will be completing a rebuilding season and Dick Greco will be contemplating another run for mayor. ...more

October 25, 2009

For many, Gasparilla without free-flowing alcohol is like a beach without sand. ...more

October 23, 2009

In an unusual move, condos and town homes in the downtown area are set to be auctioned, one by one. ...more

October 21, 2009

On Friday, Lykes Gaslight Square will be transformed into an open-air market featuring fruit, vegetables and specialty items from local farmers, restaurants and businesses. ...more

October 15, 2009

Beginning today, several thousand more drivers each day will be impacted by a new traffic pattern on Memorial Highway (State Road 60) southwest of Tampa International Airport. On Aug. 19, a switch affected traffic coming in either direction from Interstate 275 and Kennedy Boulevard. Now, that switch also will affect drivers coming from the airport's George Bean Parkway or westbound Spruce Street. ...more

August 31, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have pretty much reached the end of their life. ...more

August 20, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have about reached the end of their life. So city officials plan to replace 348 wooden panes in the eight-floor, nearly century-old landmark building on the corner of Kennedy Boulevard at Florida Avenue. ...more

August 19, 2009

The morning commute is getting drenched from a slow moving thunderstorm. ...more

June 26, 2009

The suspicious white powder that caused the evacuation of parts of the Hillsborough County criminal courthouse Monday fell from a threatening letter mailed to a judge by a prison inmate. ...more

April 29, 2009