A free health fair and Centennial Gospel Extravaganza will take place this weekend as the Hillsborough County branch of the NAACP kicks off the national organization's 100-year anniversary celebration. ...more

February 5, 2009

Drivers going to Tampa International Airport need to adapt again. ...more

February 4, 2009

Drivers going to Tampa International Airport need to adapt again. A new ramp opened this morning for motorists northbound on Memorial Highway (westbound State Road 60). Airport-bound drivers now need to exit at Spruce Street. ...more

February 4, 2009

Tampa Bay area transportation officials expect that more than 10,000 people will rent cars the week of Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 22, 2009

Bay area transportation officials expect more than 10,000 people will rent cars the week of Super Bowl XLIII. The Monday and Tuesday after Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 saw about 10,800 cars returned to Bay area rental agencies, meaning at least that many drivers – virtually all from outside the area – will be tooling around Tampa ahead of or just after the Feb. 1 game. Given that scenario and the fact several roads around Raymond James Stadium and in downtown Tampa will be blocked off, locals might be better off staying home. ...more

January 21, 2009

Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most pressing musical issue in the nation's capital is whether a stone-face senator from Oklahoma will hit the high notes in "Rocket Man" to pay off a college football bet. Senator Settles BCS Bet By Singing "Rocket Man" ...more

January 14, 2009

If retail is Goliath, then the holiday shopping season was the rock from the sling-shot that brought it to its knees. ...more

January 11, 2009

GMAC LLC will no longer have exclusive rights to provide no- or low-interest loans to people who take advantage of General Motors financing incentives, as part of the complex deal that gave the troubled lender billions in federal aid. ...more

January 3, 2009

Florida's 2010 ballot may include two competing citizen initiatives on growth management because the state Supreme Court narrowly cleared a business-backed proposal today. ...more

December 18, 2008

Traffic slowdowns but no serious problems have surfaced today with the relocation of the Spruce Street exit of State Road 60 near Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 16, 2008