Monday morning, the board of Tampa Bay Water voted to spend $1 million for a consultant to help the regional wholesale utility select the firm that will get the job of fixing the many cracks that have developed in its 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. Fixing this crack problem at the reservoir, which is less than five years old, is going to cost almost as much as the $146 million it cost to build it. When you're throwing around that kind of dough, what's another million tacked onto the bottom line? ...more

October 21, 2009

TAMPA - Joe Redner is arguably the most notorious public figure in Tampa's recent history - at least in the past 40 years. ...more

March 5, 2009

Federal environmental regulators said this week they're considering re-issuing the suspended development permit for Cypress Creek Town Center, where construction was halted in February after repeated Clean Water Act violations. ...more

December 18, 2008

Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted in Washington for the 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians plan to surrender to the FBI in Utah today, a person close to the case said, setting up a fight over the trial site. ...more

December 8, 2008

Convicted killer Faunce Pearce may yet escape a death sentence, but a Florida Supreme Court ruling Thursday ensures he won't have a chance at freedom any time soon. ...more

November 14, 2008

Campaign rhetoric from both political parties confirms that voters this November are looking for change. Certainly Floridians are looking to our leaders to propose effective solutions to pressing issues involving the real estate debacle, taxes and education, among others. ...more

September 25, 2008

After two full days of jury selection and more than 80 people interviewed, 12 people have been selected to hear the trial of David Lee Onstott, charged with murder in the 2005 slaying of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 12, 2008

Nearly a decade after they filed suit, the developer and residents of Saddlewood Estates have reached a settlement with Tampa Bay Water over repeated flooding in the community off Old Pasco Road. ...more

June 21, 2008

DHL, the struggling U.S.-based express shipping unit of German postal service Deutsche Post AG, wants UPS to carry some of its air packages. The collaboration between rivals with past legal battles would give UPS a hefty new revenue stream and help DHL cut costs. ...more

May 29, 2008

With a little less than a month before the municipal election, three candidates for a lone seat on the City Commission met Thursday at the Rotary Club of Tarpon Springs Forum. ...more

February 16, 2008