Wigs, hair extensions, fake eyelashes, fashion jewelry, sunglasses, hair gels and creams. ...more

August 20, 2008

It's been a year since residents moved out of Central Park Village to make way for a new mixed-income neighborhood called Encore. ...more

July 28, 2008

The Avon Park Housing Authority cut a deal with the owners of Ridgedale Apartments and expects to take the complex over July 31. ...more

July 24, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples has abused her position of power, shirked her responsibilities as a renter and gone out of her way to malign people perceived as enemies. And you, the taxpayer, have subsidized her stay in public housing for 24 years. ...more

July 18, 2008

The Tampa Housing Authority on Tuesday began eviction proceedings against one of its own: longtime housing Commissioner Karen Peoples. ...more

July 16, 2008

God Lucky Howard, 39, described in jail records as a mortgage broker, is set to appear Thursday in a Hillsborough County courtroom to seek a reduced bail amount on cocaine charges. ...more

June 25, 2008

AVON PARK — The Housing Authority of Avon Park's plans to acquire Ridgedale Apartments have stalled after the complex's owners balked at the possibility of paying a penalty for dissolving its contract with another management company, authority Executive Director Larry Shoeman said. According to Shoeman, Columbus, Ohio-based Ridgedale LLC needed to make the housing authority the property manager during the rehabilitation work that will be needed for the 36-unit project. To do that, however, Ridgedale needed to ditch its current management company, according to their contract. "The management is not willing to terminate the agreement without a penalty," Shoeman told the Housing Authority of Avon Park's Board of Commissioners Wednesday evening. "We're at an impasse at this point." ...more

June 22, 2008

God was busted today. ...more

June 21, 2008

TELLS HUD IT WOULD BE 'IN BEST INTEREST OF COMMUNITY' ...more

June 15, 2008

She was the first black woman to walk the beat as a city cop. But to legions of kids in East Tampa, Patricia Pierce Coleman wasn't just a police officer. ...more

June 14, 2008