Some Davis Islands roads will be torn up and motorists re-routed as construction crews replace water mains. ...more

October 26, 2009

Listening on television about impending comet crashes on Earth brings to mind a report on a scientific article some years ago! ...more

August 19, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy knew something was amiss about a backhoe chugging along in Gibsonton about 3 this morning, an affidavit states. The deputy pulled over the backhoe on Nundy Avenue just west of U.S. 41 South after noting the driver wasn't using slow-moving-vehicle indicators. Further investigation and a chat with the driver, Charles James Smith, 24, revealed the backhoe was stolen, an affidavit states. ...more

April 28, 2009

The idea stemmed from listening to his parents talking about growing up, their meeting, getting married, moving and eventually raising a family. ...more

March 27, 2009

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 2009

For Joseph Schweiger, the weight-loss process was not a diet, but a lifestyle change. ...more

February 25, 2009

Drive south on U.S. 27. Just three miles east of S.R. 70, the country begins to change. The Lake Wales Ridge drops dozens of feet in elevation, and the hilly land becomes flat. ...more

February 22, 2009

Too many late nights in the office, fueled by sugar and caffeine, spurred him to bike back into good health. ...more

February 21, 2009

As National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to sift through the evidence of the crash of a commercial airplane near Buffalo, N.Y., families of two local men killed in the crash will address their losses today. ...more

February 20, 2009

Almost any new cell phone can use GPS data to pinpoint your location to the corner where you stand. Many even offer turn-by-turn directions down the street. ...more

February 20, 2009