Nebraska Avenue looks like a garbage dump. Drive the stretch between Sligh and Fowler and count the number of second-hand stores, used tire shops and just plain piles of junk for sale. The stores along Nebraska are allowed to store their items outside 24 hours a day, seven days a week; it is, in essence, a 365-day yard sale. ...more

January 2, 2009

Traffic on Nebraska Avenue is still tied up from a crash shortly after 3 p.m. today. ...more

December 30, 2008

Tampa police were conducting an undercover prostitution sting last night when suddenly a man pulled out a gun. ...more

December 30, 2008

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported Dec. 12-18 to the Tampa Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 276-3200. ...more

December 24, 2008

A Tampa man exposed himself Sunday night to three people – including two children – at a Laundromat on Nebraska Avenue, Tampa police say. ...more

December 22, 2008

After causing a traffic accident at Busch Boulevard and Florida Avenue early Saturday morning, an 18-year-old Tampa woman fled the scene, followed by the woman she hit, only to cause another wreck 19 minutes later farther down Busch, police say. ...more

November 30, 2008

Two women were arrested on prostitution charges at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and a man police said is HIV positive was arrested on a prostitution charge on Nebraska Avenue this morning. ...more

November 23, 2008

While transit riders hope for a new train system downtown, they'll be able to use a speedy bus service. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit is planning to introduce a 17-mile Bus Rapid Transit system. ...more

November 18, 2008

A Nebraska lawmaker with an important role in changing the state's safe-haven statute says the Legislature might be asked to do more than put an age limit in the law that has led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children. ...more

November 17, 2008

34 Children abandoned under Nebraska's safe haven law through Friday 5 Number of children from outside Nebraska who were abandoned ...more

November 17, 2008