Highlands Ridge is bordered south and east by an orange grove that has developed into a major fire hazard. View for yourself by going to the intersection of Power Line Road and Martin Luther King Road. The orchard has not been a producer for a number of years. The trees are dead and the weeds between the rows are 3-4 feet high. One spark in this area would be disastrous. ...more

March 14, 2009

Greater New Port Richey Main Street's 'Shop 'n Stroll' events usually are meant to showcase the city's downtown district in a positive, leisurely light. The way the downtown booster group is planning on doing it this time around, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday is guaranteed to make people see red. ...more

March 11, 2009

A 41-year-old Tampa man died Sunday evening, within hours after his Dodge Intrepid was struck from behind on 18th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

March 9, 2009

Cost estimates for widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard have dropped by two-thirds in the past two years. ...more

March 6, 2009

Bids are coming in for widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Wesley Chapel, and they have dropped significantly since 2007. ...more

March 5, 2009

A 19-year-old Seminole man involved in a February wreck has died, the Florida Highway Patrol said this morning. Justin Fenton died Feb. 26, six days after the wreck on 109th Avenue North and County Road 296, Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in a prepared statement. ...more

March 2, 2009

A robbery suspect was in critical condition Saturday at a Tampa hospital after shooting himself during a chase with deputies, authorities said. ...more

February 28, 2009