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

TAMPA - A native of Queens, N.Y., will be one of the top planners behind Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in January, according to promotions made at the Tampa Police Department on Wednesday. Marc Hamlin, who has been a captain in District 3 in East Tampa, became the new major in charge of the Special Support Division, which includes tactical, K-9 and marine officers and the safety coordination of the Super Bowl, the department said. Hamlin has been with the police department since 1990. ...more

June 11, 2008

The Tampa Fire Marshal's Office is investigating what it's calling a suspicious fire that destroyed a vacant, single-story house in Sulphur Springs on Monday. ...more

May 27, 2008

When talking about projects that will transform neighborhoods, the buzz in Tampa these days is all about the changes coming to downtown's entryway: a new Tampa Museum of Art, the Glazer Children's Museum, a new Riverwalk, a remodeled Ashley Drive and a redesigned Curtis Hixon Park. ...more

May 27, 2008

TAMPA - The Tampa Fire Marshal's Office is investigating what it's calling a suspicious fire that destroyed a vacant, single-story house in Sulphur Springs on Monday. ...more

May 26, 2008

Essie Mae Reed, 78, is a Tampa treasure. That's how U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, described her recently when Castor stood on the floor of the House of Representatives to honor the community activist as a champion of the poor. ...more

May 24, 2008

SULPHUR SPRINGS - At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Metropolitan Ministries will hold the groundbreaking for 12 apartments that will be homes for the formerly homeless. The Sanctuary, 750 E. Waters Ave., will be built on the former site of the Calvary United Methodist Church's sanctuary and fellowship hall. The facility was torn down within the past week. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - A Nigerian man involved in a violent confrontation in Sulphur Springs in April has died, and Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed him, according to the organization. ...more

May 5, 2008

Understanding "Butterflies" April Stanley, director of Masque Community Theatre, "fell in love" when she read the play "Butterflies Are Free." That's because she, like the main character, is legally blind. "I can identify with the story. There are all these stereotypes - like all blind people live with their parents and don't work - that just aren't true." northeast.tbo.com ...more

February 24, 2008

TAMPA - Police are seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted in the Feb. 13 fatal shooting of another man in the Sulphur Springs area. ...more

February 22, 2008