Temple Terrace News

An early look at the performance of the red light cameras in Temple Terrace, Florida shows that they have done nothing to improve safety.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, red light cameras reduce traffic accidents by almost 25 percent.

To Fire Chief Keith Chapman, their value was obvious. Having experienced first-hand the life-saving potential of ultrasound machines when he worked several years ago in Tampa General Hospital's emergency room, he dreamed of possessing similar transportable tools for the city's 45-member team of firefighter-paramedics. His vision recently turned ...

Two years after abandoning plans to install red light cameras across the city, Tampa officials are taking another look at the controversial traffic control devices.

Bay Area drivers who think they're getting away with running a red light, better think again.

The Tampa Bay Derby Darlins are at it again, teaming up with Esurance , T.R.E.E., Inc .

A 20-year-old Draks gang member stabbed a man in the chest with a kitchen knife Tuesday, puncturing his lung, Temple Terrace police say.

The race for the three Anna Maria City Commission seats up for election Nov. 3 is being called the "most important election in this city in 30 years" by several of the candidates.

Published: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. Editor's note: This article appeared in the print edition of the Herald-Tribune on Aug.

An Internet Web blogger on OurAnnaMaria.blogspot has alleged that Anna Maria city planner Alan Garrett works for Pine Avenue Restoration LLC, then bills his time to the city for another payment.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:33 p.m. The driver of a pickup hit by an ambulance Monday night in Tampa has died, Bay News 9 reported.

A Temple Terrace man has died after an ambulance driver lost control and crashed into his pickup truck on Busch Boulevard Monday night, Tampa police said.

Authorities from both the Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office are looking into how files containing private financial information ended up in two Dumpsters.

Jalissa Stanley vigorously sanded a bench as her classmates and other volunteers planted flowers, placed pavers and built a pond in a grassy courtyard at DeSoto Elementary School on Saturday.

Temple Terrace Police Department islooking for two men who robbed a bank, an incident that set threecampus-affiliated buildings onlockdown Wednesday morning.

Anna Maria city planner Alan Garrett informed city commissioners at their Oct. 8 meeting that some residences in the city have been advertised on the Internet as wedding sites and that's a violation of city code.

The ideas seemed radical: garden terraces along Interstate 275, energy-efficient row houses west of Ybor City, high-speed rail to Orlando and lots of bike and walking paths through downtown Tampa and the suburbs.

The city of Tallahassee still plans to install red-light cameras by the beginning of next year despite civil lawsuits filed against five Florida cities that are using the devices.

James Markley of Tampa is among thousands of Bay Area drivers who use a GPS device to navigate local roadways.

Anna Maria city commissioners spent more time at the Sept. 22 hearing on the 2009-10 budget praising city staff than they did crunching the numbers.