A settlement with billboard companies scheduled to go before Tampa City Council today offers members a painful choice: allow distracting digital signs in some areas of town or face interminable litigation. ...more

January 22, 2009

For the second year, local artists will put their works to an endurance test on the streets of downtown Tampa in the form of kinetic and interactive sculptures. ...more

January 21, 2009

Northbound Ashley Drive has been closed between Kennedy Boulevard and Whiting Street to allow Water Department workers to repair a four-inch water main. ...more

January 14, 2009

Dozens of students from Hillsborough County's high schools will continue a three-decade tradition today when they get a chance to tell the school board what's on their minds. ...more

January 13, 2009

Organizers of Lingerie Bowl VI are racing against the clock to get approval from the city for the controversial two-day sporting event in time for Super Bowl weekend. ...more

January 13, 2009

Forget about Super Bowl XLIII. Get ready for Lingerie Bowl VI. From Jan. 30 to 31, teams of scantily clad women in helmets and pads are expected to compete on a vacant lot off North Rome Avenue, a few blocks north of Kennedy Boulevard, for the title of Lingerie Bowl champions. ...more

January 9, 2009

Forget about Super Bowl XLIII. Get ready for Lingerie Bowl VI ...more

January 8, 2009

Bogo has a face not just a mother could love. The puppy's face captured Karen Loy when she saw the 10-week-old mix of St. Bernard and shar pei mix online Wednesday. She came to adopt Bogo today at an adoption event going on until 2 p.m. at Lykes Gaslight Park. The park is at Franklin Street and Kennedy Boulevard in downtown Tampa. ...more

January 8, 2009

The new year brings hopes and challenges. Locally, people and businesses in South and Central Tampa have expectations and goals for their neighborhoods. Here are a few of them: ...more

January 7, 2009

After years of waiting, Floridians finally got the opportunity today to start playing Powerball, a multistate lottery where the jackpot averages nearly $40 million per drawing. ...more

January 4, 2009