Mind the disabled While my husband went into the store I stayed out in the car. I could see the handicapped parking spaces quite well. A van pulled into a handicapped space and had a valid sticker hanging from the window. Out bounced two young kids and their mother. No one appeared handicapped. A moment later a pickup pulled into another handicapped spot and a woman talking on a cell phone with one hand and smoking with the other jumped out of the truck and almost ran into the store. She too had a valid sticker. Meanwhile, a car with a wheelchair ramp on the back was driving round and round looking for an available handicapped spot. ...more

December 25, 2009

The Tampa area's unemployment rate hit 12.3 percent in November, giving it the highest jobless rate among Florida's big metropolitan areas. ...more

December 19, 2009

A 1920s Victorian house that once was the office of former state Sen. James T. Hargrett Jr. appears headed for the scrap heap. ...more

December 16, 2009

It's not every day that you meet folks who see dead people, hear voices or have demons living in their homes - unless you are a paranormal researcher. ...more

December 10, 2009

Scott Estes, president of the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce, has his sights set on registering 500 members within five years of the organization's founding. ...more

December 9, 2009

Ah, post-Thanksgiving bliss: basking in the warm glow of the TV, a bellyful of carbohydrates lulling me into a stupor. ...more

November 27, 2009

Preservationists are hoping to save a 1925 Victorian-style house that faces demolition unless it finds a new home. ...more

November 25, 2009

National showcase games like the annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl are typically open only to the best high school football seniors from around the country. The players get to cut loose and make their respective future college football fan bases collectively salivate. ...more

November 25, 2009

Your letters were all over the board this week, from Tampa's streets to Berlin to health care. ...more

November 16, 2009

even some that appear successful - are teetering on foreclosure. ...more

November 13, 2009