The city council on Thursday voted unanimously to approve spending about $1.3 million to purchase a vacant 2.2-acre site in New Tampa for a new fire station. ...more

November 7, 2008

The city council Thursday voted unanimously to approve spending about $1.3 million to purchase a vacant 2.2-acre site in New Tampa for a new fire station. ...more

November 6, 2008

The city's fire department wants to expand its reach into New Tampa with a new fire station off Bruce B. Downs Boulevard near County Line Road. ...more

November 5, 2008

North Hillsborough County and south Pasco County motorists experience some of the worst rush-hour congestion in the region, but help is coming. ...more

November 2, 2008

Maureen Mobley isn't shy about touting the merits of Townes on the Green at Lake Bernadette, Mobley Homes' newest town home community off State Road 54 in Pasco County. ...more

October 26, 2008

The wait nearly is over for shoppers eager to visit The Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

October 21, 2008

State starts its Conservation and Recreational Lands program, known as CARL, prompting then-Hillsborough County Commissioner Jan Platt to work toward a local land-preservation program. ...more

October 17, 2008

A Dade City man died Thursday afternoon after he failed to negotiate a curve on his motorcycle and crashed on Morris Bridge Road, just south of 127th Avenue, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 16, 2008

Rancher Robert Thomas' life is deeply rooted in the land his family has worked for four generations. ...more

September 21, 2008

FIRING RANGE AND FIREHOUSE Scheduling conflicts at the shooting range owned by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office have long made it tough for Tampa police officers to get in their firing practice, Police Chief Stephen Hogue said. Now, the city is planning to lease space at the Lithia range for a nominal price. Using about $465,000 from the sale of two aircraft, the Tampa Police Department plans to remodel space at the existing range for use primarily by the city's law enforcement officers. A classroom might be built as well. The city also plans to build Fire Station No. 22 this year near Cross Creek Boulevard and Morris Bridge Road. That's a $2 million project, with money coming from the Community Investment Tax. ...more

August 25, 2008