Do Chinese people get along with Japanese people? What is the Chinese zodiac? Do Chinese people eat fast food? ...more

November 10, 2007

A nonprofit organization that has built some low-cost homes in West Tampa is facing scrutiny from the federal agency that regulates housing, city officials said. ...more

November 3, 2007

Supporters and opponents of taxing waterfront homeowners to pay for canal dredging are heading toward a showdown Dec. 18, when the city council decides whether to move forward with the plan. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was awarded a $1 million federal grant to buy video surveillance cameras to be mounted in high crime neighborhoods and other equipment. The grant also will cover training and buy cameras for jails. ...more

October 30, 2007

Waterfront residents willing to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging will have their plan presented to the city council at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2007

Tampa City Council members will get their first look Thursday at a sensible compromise for homeowners with backyard canals so clogged that boats can't get through. ...more

October 24, 2007

TAMPA - Several Tampa Bay area agencies will share a $500,000 federal grant aimed at helping children whose families have been devastated by methamphetamine use. ...more

October 16, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Progress on a new civic center and shelter is well under way. Land was obtained, architectural plans were drawn and about 10 percent of the funding was tentatively promised, leaving only the major question of how to fund a proposed $4 million civic center and hurricane shelter. ...more

October 12, 2007

When Joe Abed opened Manolo's Italian Restaurant five years ago, he spent two months buffing and sanding the floors, scrubbing off a quarter-inch layer of tar that hid the old hardwood. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - Waterfront residents in South Tampa who want to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging say their proposal has strong support as it heads toward an Oct. 25 review by the Tampa City Council. ...more

October 7, 2007