Dozens of students and parents converged Sunday afternoon where a 17-year-old high school student died Friday after being hit by a car as she tried to cross a busy intersection to get to her school bus. ...more

December 21, 2009

It happened so fast. One moment 16-year-old Juan Hernandez-Huapilla and his older sister were doing what untold numbers of students had done before them: running to catch the school bus. ...more

December 19, 2009

Sebring Middle School students took a walk on the final day of the semester Friday to raise money for the Relay for Life cancer awareness/cure effort. ...more

December 19, 2009

For about 12 hours today, this remote corner of Pasco County will go Hollywood. ...more

December 11, 2009

Firefighters have contained a brush fire in the Alafia River area, even though they were stymied by the unreclaimed phosphate mine landscape of steep hills and deep gullies. ...more

November 9, 2009

There is a frightening habit among the Bay area's drivers: A large majority isn't turning on their headlights in rainy weather. I've noticed that this has become more of the rule rather than the exception over the last five to 10 years. ...more

August 26, 2008

A new flyover lane opened this morning in New Tampa, connecting southbound Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to southbound Interstate 75. ...more

July 24, 2008

With its wide, sweeping left turn, New Tampa's new flyover ramp feels more like a turn at the Daytona 500 than the stop-and-go, wait-for-the-green-arrow commute of yesteryear. ...more

July 23, 2008

With its wide, sweeping left turn, New Tampa's new flyover ramp feels more like a turn at the Daytona 500 than the stop-and-go, wait-for-the-green-arrow commute of yesteryear. ...more

July 22, 2008

Has it been a long time since you visited Highlands Hammock State Park? Well, on Sunday, park admission will be free all day long from 8 a.m. to when the park closes at sundown. You can bring the kids and hike the trails or take a leisurely walk on the catwalk and see the alligators. With all the rain we've had recently, water levels are back up and the park is looking beautiful. The increase in water levels is rather recent so the mosquitoes are not bad yet, making this a perfect time to visit the park. ...more

July 11, 2008