Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has been notified that its membership in a national group that accredits zoos and aquariums has been suspended. ...more

December 5, 2008

Auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard that state regulators adopted today. ...more

December 2, 2008

Clarification Hernando Oaks II LLP, the developer of Hernando Oaks, asked the county to call the bond against the general contractor, Priority Developers Inc., because the latter failed to complete infrastructure improvements and was in default. A story Wednesday was not clear on that point. ...more

November 14, 2008

2:18 p.m.: Voting has been steady all day at precinct 947 in Summerfield, said Kenneth Jarvis, precinct deputy. ...more

November 4, 2008

Two new high schools in Lutz and Plant City will result in redrawing boundaries in those areas, and Hillsborough County school officials will use the opportunity to look at shuffling students from crowded schools to others that are under capacity. ...more

October 8, 2008

The rate of close calls on airport runways is up over last year and the risk of a collision is high, a government investigator said Thursday. ...more

September 26, 2008

Letters to the Editor ...more

September 24, 2008

Joe Puglia, the Brooksville Democrat who sought to wrest the District 44 House seat from Republican Rob Schenck, left the race today citing the need to give full attention his family. ...more

September 17, 2008

Throughout most of their existence, the Rays could have put in a claim for just about anybody they wanted on the waiver wire and had little doubt that they would end up taking priority. Not that they really needed to most of the time, given they never were playing for anything and only trolled the wire to fill a stray hole here and there. ...more

August 17, 2008

A School Choice transfer will be offered to students who attend any of the five district elementary schools that are "in need of improvement," based on the recently released Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report. ...more

July 17, 2008