Not everyone living near Floriland Mall was against the housing there of Tampa's homeless. I, for example, who live within walking distance of that mall, would have welcomed them to my neighborhood with open arms. What a wonderful opportunity it would have been for those of us who are more fortunate to volunteer with and help those who temporarily are not able to help themselves. ...more

October 28, 2009

A sheriff's deputy was taken to a Tampa hospital Saturday after a police dog attacked him and bit him on his arm and hand. ...more

February 7, 2009

Visitors who drive through Wesley Chapel's Lexington Oaks subdivision might get the impression they're being watched. Thanks to an organized group of volunteers, those visitors would be right. ...more

January 28, 2009

Brooksville man's efforts keep crime watch vehicle on the road. ...more

January 19, 2009

A volunteer lobbying to expand the New Tampa Regional Library considers the effort to change its name a major distraction. ...more

December 10, 2008

The name says it all: mailbox baseball -- smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat or, occasionally, a golf club. ...more

November 28, 2008

A community effort to add civic activist Carol Poland's name to the New Tampa Regional Library grows louder. ...more

November 19, 2008

A city project to replace 12th Street sewer pipes is on schedule, the contractor says, but a pocket park on Park Circle and surrounding streets will be closed to through traffic until March. ...more

October 22, 2008

For weeks, residents say they have witnessed a takeover of their street corners by prostitutes plying their trade on Nebraska Avenue. ...more

October 8, 2008

Not one in the packed house could recall a moment of danger or bedlam that ended with someone catching a criminal in the act. ...more

October 5, 2008