Faculty and staff of Steward Middle School in Tampa, Florida, were surprised Monday morning by a seven-foot alligator that had wandered into the building over the weekend.
Tampa Bay Brewing Company and Florida Aquarium will be serving up a specially brewed beer on Friday to help the rehabilitation efforts for marine life affected by the oil leak along the Gulf coast......here
Brian Blair, Republican candidate for the District 47 seat in the Florida House of Representatives, is making it clear that he is against raising the sales tax in Hillsborough County to support a new light rail system.......here
Bill Clinton Was In Arkansas On Behalf Of Republican In Sheeps Clothing Blanche Lincoln Bashing Unions And Progressives.......here
St. Petersburg has been nationally known for aggressive tactics against the homeless. Those acts included destroying the tents of homeless people. St. Petersburg is making an attempt to ban solicitations on road mediums. Panhandlers will not be the only people punished. Newspaper venders, charities and firefighers will be effected by the ban.......here
Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010, at 7:00 PM
The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality.
Republican Congressman Don Young
Ybor City takes its name from Vicente Martinez Ybor, who started things rolling with a cigarmaking business in 1850s Cuba. In 1885, after one Cuban revolution too many erupted, he bought 40 sandy acres near Tampa and turned it into the cigar capital of the world......here
St. Petersburg police arrested seven dancers, three managers, a customer and a DJ at the B2T Bikini Bar, 1101 First Ave. N., on Friday night. Undercover detectives said they saw dancers taking off their bikini tops and bottoms in violation of city code, along with drug use and prostitution.......here
It is now confirmed that the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is approaching the coast of Florida near Pensacola. It is around 10-15 miles away from the famous sugar white beaches. The oil is carried by winds and it is flowing towards Florida with thousands of tar balls......here
Sometime between now and the Fourth of July, Andy Huse will try to make 
Forecasters said the oil would probably wash up on Florida's coast by Friday. The edge of the slick drifted within seven miles of Pensacola's beaches on Wednesday........here
Arsonists caused the blaze that destroyed a century-old Florida City church and its new playground. Who did it and why, however, remain a mystery. Compounding the sense of loss, someone stole five laptops from the church's community center in the aftermath of the fire, said the Rev. Audrey Warren.......here
Ft. Lauderdale
Tonight the Temple Terrace City Council votes on whether to join Tampa in support of a strong county-wide EPC rule that will be in effect in those cities as well.
First Friday Is A Free Monthly Celebration In Downtown Lakeland
