A marketing tour buzzed through Tampa on Thursday as a member of a demolition crew used an industrial strength hacksaw to cut a Nissan in half. Electric Supply and Lenox hosted Team Hackman, described as a bunch of "master cutters," which used a monster reciprocating saw to gnaw through the car in one minute and 29 seconds. The team travels across the country to slice up cars, buses, trucks, houses, planes, trains and anything else they can get their hands on, according to a written announcement of the visit. Joey Robinson was the cutter on Thursday afternoon, laying blade to the 1993 Nissan at Electric Supply on North Manhattan Avenue. ...more

April 17, 2009

A unique marketing tour buzzed through Tampa on Thursday, as destructors used an industrial strength hacksaw to cut a Nissan in half. ...more

April 16, 2009

A Westchase teenager pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide today in the death of a motorcyclist in 2007. ...more

April 14, 2009

Did you know that year after year, we're using less water in the Tampa Bay area? So why can't we sprinkle our lawns until the wee hours, or wash our cars at all? ...more

April 10, 2009

The Tampa Downtown Rotary recently presented a check for $3,500 to the Wheels of Success program for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. The donation, which will be matched by the Eckerd Foundation, will help provide vehicle replacement, car repairs, related licensing services, car payments and car care classes for qualified working poor who are without reliable transportation. ...more

April 1, 2009

Tim Truitt of New Port Richey says if the federal government gave the bailout money to ordinary Americans they would end the banks' bad-debt problems. ...more

March 21, 2009

A vehicle caught fire after hitting a power pole, overturning and going into a downed power line tonight and shut down Brandon Boulevard near Lithia Pinecrest Road. ...more

March 13, 2009

Maybe Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White misses his old line of work. White was driving home on North Boulevard Friday evening when he saw a man beating a woman at around the 3700 block. ...more

March 13, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating 13 to 20 car break-ins that occurred overnight in a residential neighborhood in Madeira Beach, authorities said. There also might have been a few additional car burglaries in nearby Indian Shores. ...more

February 23, 2009

Investigators searching for a missing North Florida girl say they have done another neighborhood canvas of the area where 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings vanished more than a week ago. ...more

February 17, 2009