When developers approached Hillsborough County in 2006 about creating a gated community on a spit of land jutting into the Little Manatee River, environmentalists and community activists responded with e-mail blitzes, T-shirt campaigns and emotional speeches. ...more

January 21, 2009

Developers who want to turn a spit of land on the Little Manatee River into a gated community will test a new Hillsborough Planning Commission policy that some believe will allow more urban sprawl in the rural community. Little Manatee Reserve LLC wants to rezone 46 acres, mostly wetlands, from Agricultural Rural into Planned Development, then add 10 more houses on urban-sized lots to the 22 already approved on an adjacent tract. ...more

January 16, 2009

Security forces overran a militant camp on the outskirts of Pakistani Kashmir's main city and seized an alleged mastermind of the attacks that shook India's financial capital last month, two officials said Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA - Five-year-old Jonathan Rivera should be playing with his tiny toy dinosaurs and learning how to sound out words. He should be in his Head Start class surrounded by classmates who sing at the tops of their lungs each and every morning, eager for show-and-tell to start. Jonathan hasn't made it to class the past few weeks. ...more

February 22, 2008

Conversations about race never seem far from the surface in Ocala. In a barbershop off the downtown square, on a porch stoop across the railroad tracks and on a sandy riverbank, Marion County residents are discussing the validity of statements made by a movie star who recently called into question the area's racial morality. ...more

January 13, 2008

Some time after his wife was killed but before turning a gun on himself, Humberto Cruz sought out his children to tell them he loved them, his daughter said. ...more

December 7, 2007

A white wreath with jingle bells hung on the door of 204 W. Flora St. on Wednesday. Deflated Christmas figurines clumped on the lawn. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - A man estranged from his wife fatally shot her when she visited him Tuesday night, then later killed himself, Tampa police said. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - Police are investigating the discovery this morning of a body along the Hillsborough River in a residential neighborhood. ...more

December 5, 2007