These warm days of March, enjoyable though they may be, remind us that warmer days are ahead, and one group of Freedom Plaza residents is already making plans for an August escape. Instead of sweltering, they will be savoring the sea breeze, looking for air-conditioned spaces, looking at a scenic shoreline, all while cruising along the New England coast aboard Holland America's Maasdam. ...more

March 25, 2009

Tampa International Airport plans to create more than 265 jobs in two projects beginning this summer with the help of $8 million from the federal stimulus package, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor said Monday. ...more

March 24, 2009

Explaining Mortgages It is apparent that the news media, Congress, Treasury, homeowners, Wall Street and banks do not understand mortgages. They all talk about banks giving a homeowner a mortgage. Wrong! ...more

March 24, 2009

Tampa International Airport plans to create more than 265 jobs in two projects beginning this summer with the help of $8 million from the federal stimulus package, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor said this morning. ...more

March 23, 2009

For once the stuff falling from the sky isn't oak pollen. Light rain is spreading over coastal counties and should continue off and on through late afternoon. By evening, it should move off the coast. Any rain is welcome, both as a relief for lawns and a valuable break for crews battling wildfires. But the weather service estimates most places will eventually see only about .1 of an inch. ...more

March 23, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland on Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 23, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority is trying to put the finishing touches on a long-term transportation plan, complete with rail systems and express buses between and within counties. ...more

March 21, 2009

Friends of Andrew Martin, a professional wrestler known in the ring as "Test," are in shock today, trying to come to terms with how a bigger-than-life man who loved to ride his Harley to the beach and body slam opponents ended up dead in his Harbour Island home. A cause of death won't be known for weeks, said Dick Bailey, spokesman for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, which performed Martin's autopsy over the weekend. The report is awaiting the results of toxicology tests that take that long to complete. Tampa police do not suspect foul play. ...more

March 16, 2009