Traffic congestion at Interstate 75 and U.S. 301 in Manatee County should be alleviated during today's morning rush hour after workers paved parts of the highway median Sunday. ...more

June 9, 2008

Workers this morning opened one lane of U.S. 301 in each direction at Interstate 75 where a tanker plunged off the interstate bridge and exploded on Wednesday. ...more

June 8, 2008

Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to dismantle the buildings at a former weapons manufacturing plant in Manatee County that has been criticized for having a vast plume of groundwater pollution. ...more

June 7, 2008

BUSINESS BRIEFS TAMPA BAY AREA Trump Foreclosure Looming The developer wanting to build Trump Tower Tampa faces losing its waterfront property in foreclosure. Colonial Bank filed a lis pendens, one of the initial steps in pursuing a foreclosure, against SimDag/Robel LLC and others with interest in the project, according to documents filed May 19 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. The Montgomery, Ala.-based bank seeks to recover $3.2 million, plus interest and late fees, according to the court documents. ...more

June 7, 2008

The city council on Thursday advanced the Tampa Bay Rays' $450 million stadium proposal, starting the process of putting the issue before voters this fall. ...more

June 6, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG The city council this afternoon took the first step toward a November referendum on the Tampa Bay Rays' $450 million downtown stadium proposal, signaling their willingness to continue a process that has also left them frustrated. ...more

June 5, 2008

Instead of waiting for the state to review past assessment reports, the county plans to go ahead with the first step to clean up the former contaminated public works building off West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. ...more

May 8, 2008

SARASOTA - When 15-year-old Alexandra Pickhardt heard that toys were being recalled because they had lead in them, she wanted to make sure her three younger siblings were safe. ...more

February 18, 2008

As the cleanup of more than 8,800 gallons of gasoline from a spill Friday near the Port of Tampa continues, Tampa Fire Rescue knows who's footing the bill. ...more

November 25, 2007

A tanker truck overturned Friday outside the Port of Tampa, spilling most of its cargo of 8,800 gallons of gasoline into a nearby retention pond. ...more

November 24, 2007