Hillsborough County news
Truck driver faces hearing over bashed roadway, earlier mishap
TAMPA -- The driver of a city garbage truck that struck the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway on Monday will face a disciplinary hearing for that accident and for a similar accident last week, city officials said.

Number of new students surges
TAMPA -- Far more students have been counted in the first week of school than Hillsborough officials had anticipated when the new year began last week.

Amid contention, officials approve 520-home project
Highland Park is tied into a controversial land swap with the county.

Ernest Hooper
A maven haven, Dr. Laura and more Marriott punch
Maureen Rorech Dunkel, the businesswoman best known for her collection of Princess Diana dresses, is transforming the majestic, 10,000-square-foot home at 341 S Plant Ave., a building on the national registry, into a kind of private women's club this city has not seen before.

Tampa Bay headlines

Exchange of bullets hospitalizes teen

West Nile may not have killed horse

Her mission: a clear choice

Mayor pushes for switch in Pier operators

Bucs fans get unwelcome overture

Inmates charged after attack

County official's ties raise questions

Gun seller off probation early

Tampa Bay briefs

Howard Troxler

Is Baker fixin' to satisfy his hankering for status quo?

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Pinellas headlines

School bus schedules

Children, teens have a new long-term haven

Lowe's to open as chain quickly grows

Players team up to rescue tennis club

Residents protest 113th Street plans

Abuse numbers are no surprise

Band keeps the beat, braving bugs, heat

Approve a tax to get rid of portables

Policy issued on arresting victims

Business briefs

Boutique reopens in Largo center

Digital art's popularity takes hold in schools

School brief

Achievers

With no anchor, businesses drift away

Eckerd sells stalled development

Publix to open in struggling LaBelle Plaza

Forum on financial fairness set

Family Center plans back to school bash

Focus on volunteers

Annual Social Calendar to be published Sept. 2

Talk about a warm photo album

Devotion then and now

PODS to city: Sign rules unworkable

Beaches notebook

Neighborhood briefs

New director pleased with his first year

Local competitors going distance for success

Lamoureux is leading Junior Champions Tour

Safety Harbor area reels in Bonefish

At library, upstairs gets 218 feet closer

Pinellas digest

Sharks swarm around Anclote

Hit-run car that hit officer is found

City manager receives 10 percent raise

Residents' petition asks for stop sign

New catholic school to be dedicated

Forget Starbucks, just let me drive faster

Locals going the distance for success

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News of Florida

Everglades land buying too slow, Bush told

Bush tells panelists his values are guide

46,000 must retake FCAT test

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