For once the stuff falling from the sky isn't oak pollen. Light rain is spreading over coastal counties and should continue off and on through late afternoon. By evening, it should move off the coast. Any rain is welcome, both as a relief for lawns and a valuable break for crews battling wildfires. But the weather service estimates most places will eventually see only about .1 of an inch. ...more

March 23, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland on Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 23, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority is trying to put the finishing touches on a long-term transportation plan, complete with rail systems and express buses between and within counties. ...more

March 21, 2009

Friends of Andrew Martin, a professional wrestler known in the ring as "Test," are in shock today, trying to come to terms with how a bigger-than-life man who loved to ride his Harley to the beach and body slam opponents ended up dead in his Harbour Island home. A cause of death won't be known for weeks, said Dick Bailey, spokesman for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, which performed Martin's autopsy over the weekend. The report is awaiting the results of toxicology tests that take that long to complete. Tampa police do not suspect foul play. ...more

March 16, 2009

Northwest Airlines will relocate from Tampa International Airport's Airside A to be with Delta Airlines at Airside E by the end of April in another step toward the merger of the carriers that officially took place in October, airport director Louis Miller said Thursday. ...more

March 13, 2009

Tampa International Airport was the scene of a warm homecoming Thursday morning as military personnel deployed overseas seven months ago returned to emotional spouses and some infants and toddlers who weren't sure whom they were greeting. ...more

March 13, 2009

Northwest Airlines will relocate from Tampa International Airport's Airside A to be with Delta Airlines at Airside E by the end of April in another step toward the merger of the carriers that officially took place in October, airport director Louis Miller said today. ...more

March 12, 2009

Tampa International Airport was the scene of a warm homecoming this morning, as soldiers sent overseas seven months ago returned home to emotional wives and some infants and toddlers who weren't sure who they were. ...more

March 12, 2009