A technical glitch knocked radio station WMNF, 88.5 FM, off the air this morning for about an hour. ...more

March 10, 2009

Police in St. Petersburg fired shots in a Wal-Mart parking lot about 1:15 p.m. today, but no one was injured. ...more

March 3, 2009

CSX Railroad will be closing Powerline Road from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to S.R. 17 today, Feb. 18 at approximately 4-5 p.m. The construction on the railroad crossing per CSX Railroad should be completed sometime the morning of Feb. 19. Highlands County Traffic Operations will post a detour until road is re-opened. For further information call the Highlands County Engineering Department at 402-6877. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 57-year-old Tampa woman won a $1 million prize during the Jan. 31 Powerball drawing, Florida Lottery officials said today. ...more

February 5, 2009

About 112 members of Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Patel Conservatory joined in festivities at the Jan. 19 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in College Hill. ...more

January 28, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama may be making the rounds in Washington, but his face lined the route of Tampa's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday in College Hill. Standing along the street in a new Obama T-shirt, Arthur Chester was in a good place in more ways than one. He had a good view of the festivities and of the future. "I never thought I'd ever see it," he said. "This is a dream. This is a dream that is happening for all the right reasons." All along the route, thousands stood, in some places seven or eight deep, cheering every float, every marching band and every elected official. "Everyone's excited. Everyone has come together," Anita Sturks said. ...more

January 20, 2009

CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY Celebrations of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy will be going on across the Bay area today. Tampa's parade begins at noon and wraps up at 4 p.m., with proceeds from the festivities benefitting a scholarship fund named for King. ...more

January 19, 2009

A man who was seen by witnesses sitting on the railroad track and drinking was struck and killed by a passing train Saturday night, authorities said. ...more

December 28, 2008

A grey Tacoma pickup hit a school bus at North Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue at LaSalle Street this afternoon and left the scene, Clearwater police said. ...more

December 9, 2008

The turn lane and left-most lane of eastbound Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are closed at Armenia Avenue because of a water main break, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. ...more

December 4, 2008