Inhaling some fuel from the warm Caribbean Sea, Ida strengthened into hurricane late Saturday that is bound for the central Gulf by later this week, where forecasters expect the storm to make a fishhook fairly close to land that would leave it about 170 miles west of Tampa on Thursday. ...more

November 8, 2009

Like a mom cajoling kids holed up in the house too long, a new recreation guide encourages people to go outside and play. ...more

October 21, 2009

Like a mom cajoling kids holed up in the house too long, a new recreation guide encourages people of all ages to go outside and play. ...more

October 21, 2009

People who forgot their coats Monday morning were out of luck as Tampa broke the record for the lowest temperature for the date. It was 48 degrees in Tampa on Monday morning. The previous record of 51 degrees was set in 1927. ...more

October 20, 2009

Organizers of the New Tampa Arts Festival are putting away the brushes for a year. In light of the launch of the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce, its new board has agreed to put the arts festival on hiatus. They decided there was insufficient time to host the juried arts show. The event was scheduled for Nov. 21-22. ...more

October 2, 2009

An aunt of John Evander Couey stepped forward Thursday to claim his body, relieving the Florida Department of Corrections of the financial burden of cremation and burial for one of West Central Florida's most reviled child killers. ...more

October 2, 2009

Girl Scouts in this region will start the school year with an environmental message. ...more

August 25, 2009

TAMPA -- Showers and storms moving from the Gulf of Mexico should continue to trail across West Central Florida through today and extend through Friday. An area of low pressure over the Gulf is drifting east and dragging rain and storms with it. ...more

June 4, 2009

There's another dry day or so ahead for folks in the Tampa Bay area and north today, with the main chance for rain to the south. ...more

June 1, 2009

The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida is looking for former members to join its alumni association. ...more

May 26, 2009