The Brandon Chamber of Commerce plans to host ribbon-cutting events over the few months. The dates and locations are: ...more

December 17, 2007

A Tampa man heard chuckling behind him as he was walking home early Thursday near Memorial Hospital in South Tampa. ...more

December 7, 2007

Four Tampa men and a teenage boy chuckled behind a man as he walked home near Memorial Hospital this morning. When the man, St. Petersburg Times photographer Zach Boyden-Holmes, turned and saw them, he started to run to his apartment. The five people chased him, caught him and beat him up at 3206 W. DeLeon St. in South Tampa, police said. ...more

December 6, 2007

No matter whom it is, at some time in every sports fan's life when they were sitting in front of a television or listening to a game on the radio, he or she has said out loud or to a friend, "You, know, I could do that. I could do play-by-play just as well as that guy." ...more

December 4, 2007

Federal officials have some explaining to do about what's going on with the restoration of the Everglades, the hydrological heart of South Florida. ...more

December 1, 2007

Lately, The Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times and other state newspapers have been full of articles about government agencies bemoaning the economic downturn and the impact it has had on their budgets. ...more

November 28, 2007

Cami Austin will again serve as chairwoman of the Chasco Fiesta, which takes place March 27 to April 6 along the banks of the Pithlachascotee River in downtown. ...more

November 19, 2007

Irony is a useful tool in framing perspectives. It can be mildly amusing when your dentist's name is Dr. Paine or your lawyer is Crooks, or perhaps you've heard of the plumber named Leake? ...more

November 12, 2007

Bills recently filed in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate that would require independent reviews of land owned by county property appraisers are not a "knee-jerk reaction" to a Pinellas County land scandal, as Pinellas Appraiser Jim Smith claims. ...more

November 9, 2007