Two former Pinellas County school district workers are accused of organizing a bid-rigging scheme for mulching contracts worth at least $860,000 that returned more than $200,000 to one of them. ...more

February 24, 2010

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital and Windsong Charters claimed the Business of the Year awards from the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce during its Thursday night Business Development Week Awards Banquet. ...more

February 20, 2010

Wireless Internet, recycling, parking and student orientation were among the issues South Florida Community College students presented to President Norm Stephens at Wednesday's Forum with the President, sponsored by the Student Government Association. ...more

February 18, 2010

In only a matter of weeks, the community will get a firsthand look at the results of an 11-month renovation project that transformed the South Florida Community College Auditorium into the SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts. ...more

February 9, 2010

City Plaza, one of New Tampa's premiere shopping centers, is sporting a huge void where Publix and three other storefronts stood until a week ago. ...more

February 3, 2010

City Plaza, one of New Tampa's premiere shopping centers, is sporting a huge void where Publix and three other storefronts stood until this week. Wrecking crews knocked down the stores as part of a major renovation project, leaving a clearing of smooth, packed soil at the center of the plaza. The 48,000-square-foot Publix supermarket at Tampa Palms and Bruce B. Downs boulevards will be replaced with a 54,000-square-foot newer version. The other stores were demolished as part of the Publix expansion. Construction is expected to take about nine months. ...more

January 29, 2010

Along the banks of the Hillsborough River, on a once-forlorn piece of city-owned property named after a former Tampa mayor, an "urban miracle" is about to be unveiled. ...more

January 23, 2010

New safeguards are planned for the baggage claim areas at Tampa International Airport to keep vehicles from plowing into walls and through the glass, which happened this past week. ...more

November 13, 2009

New safeguards are planned for the baggage claim areas at Tampa International Airport to keep vehicles from plowing into walls and through the glass, which happened this past week. ...more

November 12, 2009

The Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in northern Pinellas County has completed a $26 million renovation project and joined the Preferred Hotels & Resorts and the Preferred Golf Club brands. Innisbrook owner Sheila Johnson launched the project immediately after buying the property in July 2007 for about $35 million. ...more

May 7, 2009