State Sen. Victor Crist sees a change coming to the University Area as North 22nd Street is widened and residential and commercial buildings are constructed. ...more

August 20, 2008

In 1977, Alen Smith of Tampa started making Texas Best Barbeque Sauce, selling it first in the original Simon Schwartz Market on South MacDill Avenue in Tampa. Smith later sold the brand to a bigger food company. In 1993, it was sold to an even bigger conglomerate that had plans to make it a national brand. ...more

August 13, 2008

Land purchases could soon give the city a chance to redevelop a large swath of real estate along North 22nd Street, north of the infamous and now-demolished Gene's Bar. ...more

August 13, 2008

The dog days of summer may be here, but by Aug. 1, pigskins will be flying across MacDugal Park. ...more

July 23, 2008

53-year-old man was shot in the chest and struck with a gun outside his home early this morning after returning from an Amscot Financial branch, police said. ...more

July 18, 2008

The more-than-three-year wait is over. With a tweet of a whistle from Mayor Pam Iorio, the remodeled pool at Cyrus Greene Park reopened this week at 2101 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. ...more

June 14, 2008

A six-minute police chase through Palmetto ended just after 11 p.m. Monday with a car thief in custody, deputies said. ...more

June 10, 2008

The city's 22nd Street Park remains on the table, but parks and recreation officials are broadening their search for a location for three proposed football fields. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA – La esperada apertura de la mega tienda Ikea, especializada en muebles y decoración para el hogar, se acerca: la colocación de la primera piedra de la construcción se dio hoy, miércoles. ...more

June 4, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A patrol officer responding tonight to a suicide attempt lost control of his marked car, rolled over at least once and struck a telephone pole, police said. Officer Kenneth Pienik was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

May 22, 2008