TOWN 'N COUNTRY – In a meeting Tuesday night that turned rowdy at times, residents living near a proposed professional soccer stadium raised concerns about potential traffic congestion, excessive noise and light pollution. ...more

October 21, 2008

Let's Take Back Streets I applaud Pinellas County for passing an ordinance that will hopefully put an end to people using their roadways and medians to collect money and/or sell goods. It is an eyesore, and for obvious reasons it is very unsafe for everyone involved. ...more

October 11, 2008

It was like a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Several deputies - wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and carrying automatic weapons - ducked behind vehicles parked near the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse late Thursday morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG An 18-year-old St. Petersburg woman was arrested today, one day after the Dodge Ram pickup she was driving struck and killed a bicyclist and then flipped into a crowd in a liquor store parking lot, injuring more than a half-dozen people, authorities say. ...more

October 9, 2008

It's not a bridge to nowhere - really. The Florida Department of Transportation expects a fair amount of foot traffic to take the high road when miles of raised wooden bridges under construction along U.S. 92 are complete. ...more

October 8, 2008

The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol identified two Tampa men killed Saturday night when they were struck by a car while crossing State Road 60 in Brandon. Also, troopers are working to notify family members of a man killed Saturday night while crossing U.S. 19 in Pasco County. ...more

October 6, 2008

Here was Pasco County detectives' mystery Sunday: How did a 26-year-old man wind up naked, unconscious and bleeding inside a car at a used car lot? ...more

October 6, 2008

A 53-year-old man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into the back of a sedan that was stopped at a crosswalk in Redington Beach, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 28, 2008

The state will close the eastern portions of the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers because years of deterioration and saltwater corrosion make them difficult to maintain. ...more

August 22, 2008