We missed those of you who ventured north as part of the annual snowbird migration. And now that you're back, we'd like to share some of the news we reported in the South Shore News & Tribune while you were gone. Welcome home. We're happy you're back. ...more

November 4, 2009

Developers want a second chance to persuade a county hearing officer that their plans for a suburban village off Balm Road are sound. ...more

January 14, 2009

The semi-tractor-trailers started rolling in about midnight Thursday carrying 2,000-pound rolls of turf harvested the same day at Bent Oak Farm in Foley, Ala. It's supersod for the Super Bowl. Crews got to work early this morning carefully laying the 41-foot–long strips at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays have identified seven potential sites for a new baseball stadium in a report recently submitted to the ABC baseball coalition. ...more

January 3, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays have identified seven potential sites for a new baseball stadium in a report recently submitted to the ABC baseball coalition. ...more

December 31, 2008

Meet Lex Brown, patas monkey trapper. Brown closely followed the saga of the 15 patas monkeys that escaped nearby Safari Wild in April and became his wily neighbors. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. The charismatic and often charming zoo chief gets credit for turning a meager collection of animals into one of the nation's finest zoos. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

A trapper has captured the last of 15 patas monkeys whose escape from Safari Wild eight months ago set in motion the events that led to the resignation today of Lex Salisbury, president of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

Taxpayers didn't purchase conservation lands all across Hillsborough County only to have developers access subdivisions through the middle of them, South Shore residents told a county official last week. ...more

November 26, 2008