Motorists leaving Tampa International Airport on Wednesday morning found a newly reopened exit ramp that splits traffic headed north and west of the terminal to reduce lane changes. ...more

December 24, 2009

There's no chance for a white Christmas here, but the Bay area could be in store for a wet and cloudy one with a fair chance for rain starting after dark today and extending into Friday evening. ...more

December 24, 2009

Karen Price of Tampa recently went to the Walmart Superstore and gave away money to about 100 strangers. ...more

December 23, 2009

A jaywalking arrest in Las Vegas led to the capture of a shoplifting suspect accused of running over a security officer at a Brandon Walmart, deputies said Saturday. ...more

December 20, 2009

Who says that Mother Nature doesn't know her calendar? ...more

December 19, 2009

Funeral services will be held Tuesday for H. Doyle Harvill, former editor and publisher of The Tampa Tribune, who died of cancer Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2009

TONIGHT'S MEN'S GAME SOUTH FLORIDA VS. SAN FRANCISCO WHEN/WHERE: 5 p.m.; South Point Arena, Las Vegas ...more

December 19, 2009

Yes, Virginia, there will be a Santa Claus for the wee ones in need this year, thanks to the jolly old elf's helpers at the Rotary Club of New Port Richey. ...more

December 18, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida's passenger rail bill into law Wednesday in ceremonies in Tampa and three other cities while delivering the message that new rail equals thousands of new jobs. More than 150 Tampa Bay area elected officials, business people and transportation advocates turned out at a vacant lot just south of the intersection of Interstate 275 and Interstate 4, where a high-speed rail station is planned for a proposed Tampa-to-Orlando route. The bill will improve the state's chances at winning federal stimulus money for the high-speed rail line that could be built by 2014. It also will jump-start the $1.2 billion SunRail project planned for Central Florida, create a new statewide rail authority and dedicate additional state money to Tri-Rail, South Florida's faltering commuter line. The high-speed project could provide as many as 15,000 construction jobs beginning in 2011 if the Obama administration approves the state's $2.5 billion high-speed rail bid, state officials said in its federal stimulus application. "Jobs, jobs, jobs is what it's really all about," Crist said. ...more

December 17, 2009

Equestrian Club Country is hosting a fundraiser to stay afloat. The nonprofit horse rescue farm is attempting to raise money for the upkeep of the animals and meeting its Jan. 31 lease agreement, which is a payment of $12,560. ...more

December 16, 2009