Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. To make the evacuation as stress-free as possible, disaster experts advise residents to decide early whether to leave. Recent studies indicate it can take 10 times longer than normal to get to a destination during an evacuation. Of course, a lot of questions arise during an evacuation. Here are some answers based on interviews with local and national disaster experts: ...more

June 1, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. ...more

May 29, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. To make the evacuation as stress-free as possible, disaster experts advise residents to decide early whether to leave. Recent studies indicate it can take 10 times longer than normal to get to a destination during an evacuation. Of course, a lot of questions arise during an evacuation. Here are some answers based on interviews with local and national disaster experts: ...more

May 23, 2008

Media General, the parent company of The Tampa Tribune, TBO .com and WFLA, Channel 8, said Thursday that 2007 fourth-quarter profit dropped 70 percent, hurt by write-downs, one less week in the quarter and less political revenue. ...more

February 1, 2008

After the Democrats took control of the Congress in 2007, they tried to limit funding on the war in Iraq. Some voters wanted the Democrats to stop the war. When will that happen? Mahoney didn't see it that way: "I don't think that's the right characterization." Instead, he wants President Bush to refocus on the war on terrorism. Mahoney, D-Palm Beach, who was elected to represent Highlands County and the 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent Friday talking to television stations and newspaper reporters about his first year in Congress. ...more

January 7, 2008

Sportscaster JP Peterson and the management of WFLA, Channel 8, have mutually agreed to part ways. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - Sportscaster J.P. Peterson and the management of WFLA, Channel 8, have mutually agreed to part ways. ...more

December 20, 2007

Around 11 o'clock Thursday morning, a crew from the city's water and sewer utility came to Lakeside Cemetery to create Aaron Smith's resting place. ...more

October 16, 2007

Fidel Castro on Sunday accused former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of urging Washington to bomb Serbian radio and television stations during NATO's participation in the war in Kosovo. ...more

October 1, 2007

The $4 billion budget approved unanimously by Hillsborough County commissioners Thursday night includes a mix of cuts, layoffs and, for the lucky few, a reprieve from the budget ax. ...more

September 21, 2007