Pasco County detectives have released new details about two recent unrelated homicides and are asking for the public's help in solving them. ...more

December 11, 2009

BROOKSVILLE -- Even with rain in today's forecast, March will end with well-below-normal rainfall around the Tampa Bay area. Rain measuring stations scattered around Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco operated by the Southwest Florida Water Management District show the region rain is far below half what's normally received in a typical March. ...more

March 31, 2009

Lawn-watering scofflaws will soon feel the effects in their wallets. ...more

March 25, 2009

Forestry workers will return today to the scene of a brush fire in Ruskin that possibly consumed up to 100 acres to make sure no hot spots are smoldering and to dig new fire lines if necessary. ...more

March 16, 2009

A two-year drought and the region's relentless demand for fresh water will mean a boon for anglers as tons of game fish have been evicted from a shrinking reservoir and put in nearby ponds. ...more

March 5, 2009

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 2009

Water regulators Tuesday loosened restrictions on replacing lawns, allowing people to water grass plugs or new sod daily for the first 15 days and three days a week for the following 15. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA -- Water regulators today loosened restrictions on replacing lawns, allowing people to water grass plugs or new sod daily for the first 15 days and three days a week for the following 15. The decision by the Southwest Florida Water Management District's governing board relaxes a restriction imposed in October that banned residents in Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties from replacing their lawns. ...more

December 16, 2008

Opponents of an amendment that would put a definition of marriage in the Florida Constitution are filing a complaint with the state, saying supporters have hidden campaign donations and are improperly running television ads ahead of the Nov. 4 election. ...more

October 21, 2008

Bay area housing prices continue to fall, largely because a big chunk of the homes selling are sharply discounted properties in distress, a new report shows. ...more

October 11, 2008