It could be the ugliest spot on the Carrollwood Day School campus, but students in the school's new environmental club plan to make over a mucky, trash-clogged retention pond. ...more

February 4, 2009

Murders are not shocking in this city once called the nation's most dangerous. But even this place is shaken by the killing, still unsolved after five months, of a 12-year-old boy whose skull was so badly shattered by bullets that an undertaker used a top hat to hide the damage. ...more

December 17, 2007

The mermaids will be soon be swimming in a lot less motor oil. Crews are putting the finishing touches on a project to divert the flood of stormwater that flows into the park and the Weekiwachee River springhead from the attraction's vast parking lot and from U.S. 19. ...more

December 13, 2007

Still having a hard time parting with your favorites? Think of it this way: It'll give you an excuse to go shopping for a new fall face. ...more

October 26, 2007

Charlotte County used to pay to dispose of old motor oil, paint cans and appliances people dropped off for recycling. Now the county gets paid -- about $6,000 a month. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - An early-morning fire at the Port of Tampa caused about $2 million in damage, according to a preliminary estimate from fire officials. Investigators are looking into the cause of the blaze, which started about 1 a.m. near the boiler room at Amalie Oil Co., 1601 McCloskey Blvd. ...more

September 26, 2007