I am a 10th-grade English teacher. For their midterm exam, my students were required to write an essay on a holiday they would like to create, the reasons they chose this holiday and why it was important to them. ...more

December 25, 2008

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported Dec. 12-18 to the Tampa Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 276-3200. ...more

December 24, 2008

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported Dec. 12-18 to the Tampa Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 276-3200. ...more

December 24, 2008

You can find gas for less than $2 a gallon. Less than four months after the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $4.07 in Florida, motorists along Spring Hill Drive can pull over and take advantage of a 50 percent price reduction. ...more

November 13, 2008

He was looking at a 30 percent increase in commercial property taxes. ...more

October 4, 2008

Curtistine Wilson, a 30-year-old single mother, remembers the day in August when she came home and found the house on fire. ...more

October 4, 2008

A man has been charged with first-degree murder after hitting another man with a metal chair at a club early today, Tampa police said. ...more

September 27, 2008

Business owners en masse are calling for lower commercial property taxes. ...more

September 14, 2008

South Tampa crime tracker listings for Aug. 25-31. ...more

September 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – A family of six were sleeping in different beds Saturday night after the home they were renting caught fire in the afternoon. ...more

August 16, 2008