Bloomingdale senior forward Callum Townsend scored 18 of his game-high 28 points in the first half to lead the Bulls boys to a 72-54 victory against Plant in the Outback Invitational at Berkeley Prep on Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

A former employee of Lowry Park Zoo said he was told to resign or be fired after he questioned why zoo president Lex Salisbury took zoo animals and supplies home to his private Dade City ranch. ...more

December 10, 2008

A Tampa man is suing two police officers, claiming that he was falsely arrested and battered after he was escorted out of a public meeting four years ago, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in circuit court. ...more

December 10, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Sarah Cooke thought she would be doing a walk-through of her new Habitat for Humanity home today -- until she saw the crowd of people in the driveway. She and her children, son Devin, 15, and daughter Lauren, 10, were greeted outside the home in the New Port Richey neighborhood of Moon Lake by Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Warrick Dunn. ...more

December 9, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District is reaching out to community groups to answer questions about the ongoing drought, the tightened watering restrictions in the Tampa Bay area, and how residents can help. ...more

December 8, 2008

TAMPA Every time Jon Gruden slides in a tape of a Carolina game, he sees No. 89 making a highlight-reel catch. ...more

December 6, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. (December 5, 2008) – Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is engaged in a series of reviews and audits by the City of Tampa and the Zoo's independent auditor. Several months ago, zoo management also invited the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), a voluntary membership organization, to review its procedural operations regarding the purchase, sale, trade, loan or donation of animals. ...more

December 5, 2008

On Monday, the city of Tampa will begin the replacement of the wastewater pipeline on Bearss Avenue. The project requires the closure of one east bound traffic lane on Bearss Avenue between 22nd Street and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

December 5, 2008

The Tampa Bay Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is very concerned about an unspoken public health issue affecting the citizens of the Tampa Bay region, including the city of Tampa: the pollution from TECO's coal-powered plants. ...more

December 3, 2008