Without Walls International Church faces fines for failing to ensure fire alarms and sprinklers work properly in its sanctuary and administrative building. ...more

December 3, 2008

A county jail inmate was charged for reportedly breaking a sprinkler head in his cell, both on Monday and last Thursday. ...more

November 13, 2008

TAMPA - June Leland and Kathy Walsh want to know why their 16-year-old daughters are assigned to a bus stop more than two miles from their Davis Islands homes that includes crossing busy streets plus a bridge before daybreak. ...more

September 9, 2008

QUESTION: "The weeping cherry tree that I planted in late March bloomed beautifully and has looked great up until recently. The tree is about 6 feet tall. We have had some very hot, humid weather and a little rain almost daily, maybe an inch per week. Now the leaves are curling up. I don't see any signs of insects, no discoloration, no sap running out. Does it need more water?" - Sibyl J. Gore ...more

September 7, 2008

My all-time favorite commercial is the one from a few years back where a father with an ear-to-ear grin is pushing a shopping cart through a Staples store, gleefully tossing in school supplies as his dejected children follow glumly behind and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" plays in the background. ...more

August 18, 2008

The city's controversial new sprinkler law is headed back to the drawing board. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - The once-weekly watering rules people have lived with for 18 months will go on until September. ...more

June 24, 2008

The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. ...more

June 23, 2008

I live on a long, long, long street in Carrollwood. Many front lawns, many approaches to watering. ...more

June 12, 2008

The city's fire marshal's office has cited a former cigar factory that houses artists' studios for not having enough exits and not having the fire alarms and sprinklers inspected annually. ...more

May 31, 2008