Surveyors' stakes recently appeared along the edges of County Line Road on either side of its junction with Cypress Creek Road - the first sign that work could soon begin on improvements planned for the intersection. ...more

November 19, 2007

The state's smorgasbord of personalized license plates is about to grow further, which is good news for trees. ...more

November 18, 2007

TAMPA - Joining the fray of causes depicted in specialty license plates is the plight of trees. They join a new plate that cries out to help protect Florida's springs. Oh, and let's not forget the one that could outsell them all: a NASCAR specialty plate that goes on sale this month. ...more

November 15, 2007

EAST MANATEE - Authorities were on the scene Monday afternoon of a fatal accident in which a workman pulling trees in the Heritage Harbour subdivision was crushed by equipment. ...more

November 12, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - A man was critically injured Saturday evening after his Jeep slammed into a parked car near Pike Avenue and Wilkinson Road. ...more

November 11, 2007

Once again, city leaders are concerned about the well-being of several of the city's signature laurel and live oaks. ...more

November 3, 2007

Avocadoes. You either love them or hate them. ...more

November 1, 2007

More than 100 students from three Brandon schools have so far entered the Brandon News & Tribune Halloween drawing contest. Entries from Schmidt Elementary, Randall Middle and McLane Middle schools ranged from trees in all their fall glory to spooky Halloween houses. ...more

October 31, 2007

Two people in a 1998 Saturn died Sunday night when their vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane of U.S. 92 in Plant City and struck the front of another vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 22, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The man at the wheel of a city bus that lurched out of control last month before crashing into a strip mall was arrested today, police said. Travis Merriex, 37, was fired from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority after the Sept. 12 wreck. As he was leaving a grievance hearing, he was arrested, said St. Petersburg police spokesman William Proffitt. ...more

October 10, 2007