By knife, by bullet and by hand, homicide in the Tampa Bay region last year continued to rise. It's a trend for which officials say there is no rhyme or reason. ...more

January 3, 2008

HCA West Florida, the local arm of health care and hospital giant HCA Inc., said Friday it's planning to add Sun Coast Hospital in Largo to its portfolio. ...more

December 28, 2007

Suffering the fatigue and muscle-weakening effects of post-polio syndrome, Joe Smith has nevertheless become the most energetic local advocate of better transit and roads. ...more

November 21, 2007

At 10 a.m. today, developers of The Grove at Wesley Chapel will welcome customers to their sprawling shopping center, completing the first step in south-central Pasco County's transition from home of "the road to nowhere" to host of a retail mecca. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - An erratically moving Tropical Storm Noel should brush past Florida today, close enough to prompt tropical storm warnings in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. ...more

November 1, 2007

The tools were children's playthings, but the job couldn't have been more grown-up: Mapping out how Pasco can absorb more than 400,000 new residents between now and midcentury. ...more

October 31, 2007

The developer of Seven Oaks remains on schedule to begin widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard by early next year, provided the company can avoid conflicts with work planned by neighboring Wiregrass Ranch, state highway officials say. ...more

October 27, 2007

Time was when a societal reference to 'green' mainly meant hard-core, environmental activism. It conjured up the Sierra Club, pricey solar panels and visceral opposition to the pave-over-paradise crowd. And it connoted trade-offs: What's the economic downside to tree-hugging naivete? ...more

October 24, 2007

TAMPA - Well, the secret is out. Tampa denizens have known it for years and have tried to keep it from their out-of-town, goody-goody relatives, but the word has slipped past loose lips, and now this city has a reputation to live down. Tampa, a haven for strip clubs, peep shows and lingerie shops, has made a bacchanalian Top 10 list, and the reason has nothing to do with college football's BCS rankings. ...more

October 23, 2007

The developer of Seven Oaks remains on schedule to begin widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard by early next year, provided the company can avoid conflicts with work planned by neighboring Wiregrass Ranch, state highway officials say. ...more

October 23, 2007