A historic Ybor City building that was the focus of a preservation fight after it caught fire 20 months ago looks much the same as it did in the days immediately following the blaze. ...more

July 27, 2008

Prospects suddenly look much brighter for a previously stalled plan to prevent the dumping millions of gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay by pumping it to a TECO power plant. ...more

June 21, 2008

Michael Shea, commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, wants the city to improve what he calls deteriorating conditions at two of the busiest boat ramps on Tampa Bay. ...more

June 21, 2008

Bids for the long-anticipated widening of U.S. 301 through southern Riverview came in Wednesday well under the budgeted $91 million, and state transportation officials said they're optimistic the project can start construction in a few months. The lowest of 12 bids was about $61 million. The highest was $83 million. ...more

June 18, 2008

Officials from Tampa and the local Catholic diocese dedicated an 80-unit apartment building Monday for low-income seniors whom Monsignor Laurence Higgins called "forgotten people." ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - Officials from Tampa and the local Catholic diocese dedicated an 80-unit apartment building today for the low income seniors who Msgr. Laurence Higgins called "forgotten people". San Lorenzo Terrace was built on 8 acres owned by the Diocese of St. Petersburg with a $6.6 million federal grant and started accepting residents in January. It is expected to be full by the end of this month. ...more

June 9, 2008

You pull into a city-owned parking garage, driving past an ad for a tow truck company. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA - Firefighters took about 40 minutes tonight to extinguish a blaze the size of a football field in a wooded area in New Tampa, officials said. ...more

May 6, 2008

Verizon officials unveiled a few of their internal missteps to city of Tampa officials Thursday, by way of explaining that they're aware of customer service glitches and are improving. ...more

May 2, 2008

The head of the city's risk management division resigned Sunday, one day after the Tribune wrote about his workers' complaints against him. ...more

February 25, 2008