Civic leaders in Ybor City are drawing a line in the asphalt on Seventh Avenue. They've had enough of the nightclubs and are gearing up to fight the most recent request from a property owner to open up a new hot spot along the entertainment thoroughfare. ...more

November 17, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation is reviving a 7-year-old plan to convert Gall Boulevard into a one-way street through town. ...more

November 8, 2008

A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

Have you ever had to go to a location on Dale Mabry Highway using only a numerical address to find it? Our perspicacious reader Dennis Ryan did and found the building numbers very inconspicuous; in fact downright vexing. They seem nonexistent at times. ...more

September 3, 2008

PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Speeding on a couple of neighborhood streets in the Palm Harbor area could soon prove a jarring experience. The County Commission recently approved placement of three speed humps each along Ohio and Wisconsin avenues, between C.R. 1 and 16th Street. ...more

June 14, 2008

Planning and zoning commissioners last month shot it down. County staffers recommended denial. ...more

June 12, 2008

BUT COUNTY WANTS MORE DETAILS ...more

June 11, 2008

Eighty years ago, when I was growing up on a ranch near St. Johns, Ariz., trails formed the contours of my world. I'd take a trail to get to a neighbor's house or follow one along the river if I were looking for stray cattle. Trails were the most practical way of getting around. They were also irresistible to me. I'd walk a trail just to see where it led. ...more

June 6, 2008

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Speeding on a couple of neighborhood streets in the Palm Harbor area could soon prove a jarring experience. ...more

May 29, 2008

Plans to build a new restaurant in an isolated, residential area of Spring Hill were shot down Monday by planning and zoning commissioners. ...more

May 13, 2008