Maybe it was all the new signs. Maybe it was the barrage of warnings from the Department of Transportation and the media. Whatever the case, Tampa Bay area motorists seemed to deal with the newly realigned Memorial Highway with barely a brake light or traffic jam on Wednesday. The morning drive time seemed unaffected, and even the 5 p.m. traffic crunch appeared no worse than usual. The changes were instituted Wednesday morning and most affected drivers getting off Memorial Highway onto the Courtney Campbell Causeway. ...more

August 20, 2009

The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protege was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 17, 2008

POLK CITY - The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protégé was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 16, 2008

The Tampa Tribune reported last month that Bubba the Love Sponge, one of the most pornographic hosts ever to air on terrestrial radio, is returning to Tampa and Jacksonville airwaves today. ...more

January 8, 2008