The city plans to pump an additional $1.5 million in federal and state grants into a program to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

January 30, 2009

It used to be quiet on Sundays at O'Brien's Irish Pub of Tampa. But that was 15 years ago, before the Bay Area Black and Gold Club, one of the largest local Pittsburgh Steelers fan clubs, asked to make the neighborhood pub its official home. "Every Sunday, no matter what their record, regardless if they're 1-14 or 14-1, they're not what you call fair-weather fans. They're loyal fans," owner Bernie O'Brien said. "I'm a Bucs fan, but business is business." ...more

January 26, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio made an impassioned pitch Friday for a Tampa-centric rail plan to members of TBARTA, the region's transportation authority, saying the system's first leg could be built in five or six years if approved by voters in a 2010 referendum. ...more

January 24, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio this morning made an impassioned pitch for a Tampa-centric rail plan to members of TBARTA, the region's transportation authority, saying the system's first leg could be built in five or six years if approved by voters in a 2010 referendum. ...more

January 23, 2009

Freezing temperatures forecast for tonight from the Panhandle to the Everglades pose a serious threat to the state's agriculture industry. ...more

January 22, 2009

A $175,000 state grant has turned into state-of-the-art equipment for a new charter school. ...more

January 21, 2009

Tampa has gotten the federal OK to spend $13.6 million to buy foreclosed and abandoned properties. ...more

January 21, 2009

With one exception, Hernando County's population is expected to grow 11.77 percent by 2012, faster than any other county in the Tampa Bay region. ...more

January 21, 2009

Tampa has gotten the federal OK to spend $13.6 million to buy foreclosed and abandoned properties. The funding will come from the city's share of the $3.9 billion Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a response to escalating foreclosures nationwide. The stabilization program is overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ...more

January 20, 2009

It took years of intercounty conflict, negotiations and public commitment to put an end to the wellfield overpumping in north Hillsborough and Pasco counties that damaged surrounding wetlands and lakes. ...more

January 16, 2009