County Needs Visionaries Regarding "County Eyes Service Cuts, Shies Away From Tax Increases" (Metro, Feb. 14): ...more

February 21, 2008

In its endless pursuit of new sources of drinking water, Tampa Bay Water is considering withdrawing more from the Alafia River upstream, then replacing it with treated wastewater downstream. ...more

February 16, 2008

Elizabeth Travis was delighted to pick up valuable decorating advice for free at a home decorating workshop at the Palmetto Club in FishHawk Ranch. ...more

February 16, 2008

RIVERVIEW - In its endless pursuit of new sources of drinking water, Tampa Bay Water is considering withdrawing more from the Alafia River upstream, then replacing it with treated wastewater downstream. ...more

February 15, 2008

East Hillsborough Art Guild President Lou Watson and his wife, the guild's first vice president, LouAnn Watson, take the top 2008 honors as Brush Strokes Valentine Couple. They are a dynamic husband-and-wife team who have been sharing their love of the arts and each other for 33 years. ...more

February 13, 2008

Two young men tore apart at least nine air conditioners in the past few months in Riverview and Gibsonton and stole the copper coils inside, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 6, 2008

United Kingdom-based companies Taylor Woodrow and Morrison Homes have merged to form Taylor Morrison Inc., says John Hennebery, vice president of sales and marketing, Tampa division. ...more

February 3, 2008

The FishHawk Creek Elementary School PTA has won a $1,897 grant to fund its Take Your Family to School Week, part of a nationwide series of PTA events to be held Feb. 10-16. ...more

January 19, 2008

On paper, it looks like Hillsborough County is willing to pay nearly 20 times the official value of about 7 acres of swamp to add it to a 2,000-acre preservation parcel known as the Alafia South Prong. ...more

January 16, 2008

Detectives on Sunday arrested four teenagers and a 21-year-old man in the fatal beating of a Lakeland bar owner that erupted after a fight over a football game, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 13, 2008