For decades, it has been the city's worst eyesore. The old Kash n' Karry shopping center on the U.S. 98 Bypass was a magnet for vagrants, and city officials were powerless to do anything about it. ...more

July 20, 2009

Three Tampa schools made the top 100 of Newsweek magazine's best public high schools. ...more

June 10, 2009

When thousands of locations from the Empire State Building to the Great Pyramids of Giza switch their lights off Saturday for Earth Hour 2009, students from more than 60 Hillsborough County schools will have already done that. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Pinellas County Classroom Teachers Association filed suit against the school board Tuesday, saying the board reneged on a promise to go back to a maximum five teaching periods a day for middle school teachers. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Pinellas County teachers union filed suit against the Pinellas School Board on Tuesday, claiming the board failed to revert to a maximum five periods of teaching per day for middle school teachers at the beginning of the year. ...more

January 21, 2009

The old building on the corner of Seventh Avenue and North 17th Street has sat vacant for more than three years since the former tenant, Club Shine, was evicted. ...more

November 21, 2008

With many working parents these days, before and after school care has become a necessity for many families. ...more

August 1, 2008

TAMPA - A $15 million soccer complex would help fund operations and maintenance of Hillsborough County's sprawling parks and recreation system. ...more

June 17, 2008

Bollards or a chain-link fence? The city needs an answer from residents before finishing the excavation and landscaping of an L-shaped drainage area at 52nd Street and 32nd Avenue. ...more

June 7, 2008

The following recalls have been announced: •About 2,900 children's metal necklaces made in China by Pecoware Co., because the necklaces contain high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by children. No injuries or incidents have been reported. ...more

February 23, 2008