Those devices detonated yesterday atop a Lakeland parking garage by a bomb squad robot? Not explosive devices, investigators now say, but the remains of one previously exploded and some trash. ...more

March 10, 2009

On a recent sunny afternoon, a dozen youngsters played in a circle with a rainbow-colored parachute in the playground outside Witter Elementary school in Tampa. A few yards away stood a new 200-foot cell phone tower. ...more

February 17, 2009

Across Hillsborough County, school principals are lining up to put cell phone towers on their campuses to produce badly needed cash for teacher salaries and classroom supplies, even shoes for children who lack them. By summer, 14 new towers could be up at local schools. Some school officials are ready to jump at the new revenue, but they might be jumping into a hornet's nest. ...more

February 17, 2009

PLANT CITY The city will show off its new $53 million water reclamation facility from 2 to 7 p.m. Feb. 20. The open house will include tours of the state-of-the-art plant at 1500 W. Victoria St. Officials will explain the process used to treat wastewater so it can be used for irrigation, industrial cooling and other uses. ...more

January 27, 2009

TAMPA Of all the shorts in Joshua Andrew Burnett's home, he grabbed the pair with drugs in the pockets when police surprised the naked man early today, an affidavit states. ...more

December 19, 2008

Florida regulators ordered Verizon Communications Inc. Tuesday to show why it should not be fined $4.56 million for failing to restore landline phone service to customers in a timely manner. ...more

December 17, 2008

Timothy Allen Hall wasn't far from home when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted his silver Buick speeding on Lake Drive on Tuesday, according to a report. ...more

November 20, 2008

Timothy Allen Hall wasn't far from home when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted his silver Buick speeding on Lake Drive on Tuesday, according to a report. ...more

November 19, 2008

It's a common enough sight: a police cruiser with its lights flashing to clear the road ahead for a hearse and the chain of cars behind it. ...more

November 10, 2008

An afterschool pickup procedure is causing problems for parents who want to get out of their cars when picking up their children at local schools. ...more

August 23, 2008