Four derelict and abandoned boats, three of which are sunk in the Davis Islands Seaplane Basin, will be yanked from the sandy bottom today. ...more

August 5, 2008

Big lawns aren't the scene in the urban core where most homes are built near the sidewalk, leaving just enough room on the front yard for hedges, plants and flowers. ...more

July 23, 2008

TAMPA - The crash last weekend of two medical helicopters in Arizona that killed six people is unlikely to happen here because of all the precautions in place, said an Aeromed manager who oversees the landing and taking off of air ambulances at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - Tampa Electric Co. has restored power to about 1,000 Davis Islands customers, spokesman Rick Morera said. The customers lost power about 11:50 p.m., Morera said. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - A pilot's poor decisions and a mechanical malfunction led a plane to crash while making an emergency landing at Peter O. Knight airport two years ago, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the crash, which was released this week. On June 12, 2006, a Mediterranean fruit-fly eradication flight crashed through a fence, trees and a vehicle and, finally, into a house. ...more

July 1, 2008

For two months, billboards, bumper stickers, T-shirts and wristbands all asked Tampa area fans if they had "Seen Stamkos?" A very busy week at Channelside Drive was capped off with an affirmative answer to that simple question as overall No. 1 Lightning draft pick Steven Stamkos arrived in town with his family shortly after noon Thursday. ...more

June 28, 2008

Residents and businesses are coping with a rash of graffiti. The spray-painted scrawls began appearing several weeks ago at numerous locations in the neighborhood, including a sea wall near Martinique Avenue, a utility box on Channel Drive, a gas station on East Davis Boulevard and in the 400 block of Danube Avenue. ...more

June 28, 2008

Michael Shea, commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, wants the city to improve what he calls deteriorating conditions at two of the busiest boat ramps on Tampa Bay. ...more

June 21, 2008