One of rail's biggest critics gets millions to study and promote alternatives

St. Petersburg Times - Sat Nov 28

For two decades, the Center for Urban Transportation Research has advised Florida policymakers on how to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to improve the state's overwhelmed transportation system.

Dozens of volunteers helping search for 2-year-old Valrico boy

Tampa Bay Online - Fri Nov 27

Dozens of volunteers and deputies on foot, horseback and in the air were searching late this evening for a missing 2-year-old boy.

Wanted man arrested on Hillsborough County warrants

Hernando Today - Fri Nov 27

A man who skipped out on his Hillsborough County court date was booked at the Hernando County Jail on Wednesday.

Chimney sweep offers cure for flue season's dangers

St. Petersburg Times - Thu Nov 26

Larry Ivey sometimes cleans up to 10 chimneys a day, even in not-so-wintry Florida.

Businesses offer benefits when you donate to Toys for Tots

St. Petersburg Times - Thu Nov 26

If brightening the holidays for a needy child isn't enough incentive to donate to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign, some Brandon-area businesses are providing a couple of more reasons to give.

For Christmas, independent businesses want customers

St. Petersburg Times - Thu Nov 26

Half of the shops in the plaza on FishHawk Boulevard where Kevin Brownell's DaSilva's Coffee shop is located are vacant and the building is in foreclosure.

Million dollar Boys & Girls Club in Riverview

SCC Observer - Wed Nov 25

Now about half way toward opening a Riverview Boys and Girls Club, plans for the facility dedicated to youngsters five to 18 continue to take shape.

Tampa training dive turns up motorcycle frames, engines

Tampa Bay Online - Wed Nov 25

Hillsborough County sheriff's divers on a training dive Tuesday next to the Maple Lane Bridge across the Tampa Bypass Canal found 11 motorcycle frames and two motorcycle engines at the bottom of the canal just north of the Interstate 4 bridge.

Paramedic is thankful for his second chance at life

Tampa Bay Online - Wed Nov 25

In a split second on a sunny summer morning on a Georgia country road, Eddie Jackson got a lesson in thankfulness.

Are your children in danger?

ABC Action News - Tue Nov 24

An ABC Action News investigation has discovered that one bay area school district is out of compliance with a state code meant to protect drivers and passengers on school buses.