Avoid Interstate 275 northbound from the West Shore area to downtown Tampa this weekend, or add at least an hour to your trip, warns the state Department of Transportation. Beginning this evening, DOT crews will shift traffic to the new northbound I-275 lanes - those that have been under construction for months. ...more

April 24, 2009

A fire that caused $1.65 million in damage to a Pinellas County warehouse Tuesday night is suspicious, authorities said. Arson detectives were to return this morning to continue investigating the four-alarm fire that destroyed the warehouse at Joe's Creek Industrial Park, 3120 46th Ave. in Lealman. ...more

April 15, 2009

The American Red Cross has begun the process of assessing damage caused by the strong storms that moved through the Suncoast on Tuesday morning. ...more

April 14, 2009

Two Pinellas County deputies who slept together have been given written reprimands for violating Sheriff Jim Coats' anti-adultery policy. ...more

April 9, 2009

Overnight visitors in Pinellas County fell by 3.6 percent in February compared with last year, according to Research Data Services Inc. of Tampa, the county's tourism consultant. You were also more apt to hear a Boston accent across town during the month when Beantown replaced New York as the county's top source of visitors. ...more

April 9, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The widening of U.S. 41 has won a spot on the state Department of Transportation's list of projects to be built with federal stimulus funding. ...more

April 3, 2009

The federal government released $72 million in stimulus money for local schools today, but officials still aren't sure whether Florida will qualify for all the money it could receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...more

April 2, 2009

Investigators are on the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in a Palm Harbor home, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

April 1, 2009

The federal government released $72 million in stimulus money for local schools today, but officials still aren't sure whether Florida will qualify for all the money it could receive under the Recovery Act. ...more

April 1, 2009

If something we read recently is correct, then the old saw about the Chinese ideogram for the word crisis being made up of one element denoting danger and the other opportunity is wrong. Regardless, Pasco County is facing a bit of a budget crisis because of falling revenue. So while the county's taxing and spending status quo appears in danger, Pasco officials are taking the opportunity to take a look at how Pasco will change over the next few years and how county government will fit into that change. ...more

April 1, 2009