It's a piece of property Dick Stowers knows well. In the 1940s and '50s, Stowers and his friends used to race around Lake Hutto in Lithia, just south of the Alafia River, in their Buick Roadmasters and Chrysler Windsors. ...more

November 19, 2008

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

November 19, 2008

Brian Blair said he wanted his goodbye news conference to be an "upbeat" affair, but the former professional wrestler couldn't leave the ring without taking a few shots at the opponent who took his Hillsborough County Commission seat in last week's election. ...more

November 14, 2008

The Keystone Civic Association has lost its fight against a roof on the Anytime Fitness building, 17765 Gunn Highway. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Keystone Civic Association has lost its fight against a roof on the Anytime Fitness building, 17765 Gunn Highway. ...more

November 12, 2008

Like the Tampa Bay Rays, the Lutz Little League wants its players to have solid fundamental skills and to work together. ...more

November 12, 2008

Nine-year-old Dayron Fernandez was like a kid with a new toy Monday, skipping from one playground apparatus to the next at Al Lopez Park. Actually, he was a kid with a new toy. ...more

November 11, 2008

Kevin Beckner campaigned on a platform of ending divisive politics on the Hillsborough County Commission and seeking practical solutions for problems such as sprawl, traffic congestion and environmental degradation. ...more

November 8, 2008

NEW TAMPA – A community effort to add civic activist Carol Poland's name to the New Tampa Regional Library is growing louder. Friends and supporters of the Hunter's Green resident, including former Tampa Police Chief Bennie Holder, filled the Jeri Zelinzki Community Room at the New Tampa Regional Library to speak on her behalf Nov. 6. ...more

November 7, 2008

If you had $19.1 million to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties, how would you spend it? That's the question the Hillsborough County Commission will consider at a public hearing Thursday. ...more

November 3, 2008