Temple Terrace News

A marathon session of the Temple Terrace City Council Tuesday evening yielded an agreement with an Atlanta developer that's being called a giant leap in the city's eight-year quest to redevelop a blighted downtown.

Nine Draks gang members could face a life sentence in prison after being accused of involvement in an organized property crime ring, Tampa police say.

TEMPLE TERRACE - The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office still doesn't know specifically why TV pitchman Billy Mays died.

Hillsborough County paid $1 million for 57 acres in Temple Terrace near the University of South Florida that it intends to bank for future use as a life sciences park.

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. -- Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said Monday that Billy Mays, the boisterous, bearded 50-year-old known for hawking OxiClean, suffered from hypertensive heart disease, but further tests were needed to clearly rule on a cause of death.

The brother of a fugitive being sought by police was arrested on drug and weapons charges Monday after a U.S. Marshal's task force allegedly discovered cocaine, heroin and hollow-point bullets in the apartment they were searching.

A joint effort between three local law enforcement agencies to crackdown on crime netted 159 arrests over the weekend.

Fencing is something Jonathan Freeman does for fun. He's practicing most everyday this summer and he even has a few medals.

Are you looking for something to do this Fourth of July? Don't spend America's favorite holiday at home alone with sparklers and roman candles.

The city's seven-years-in-the-making, multimillion-dollar plan to redevelop a downtown strip mall into a walkable, mixed-use shopping district may inch forward this month.

Beleaguered Anna Maria residents living along the bayside of North Shore Drive got some welcome news last week, even if it did take nearly eight years to reach them.

Conservative powerbroker Ralph Hughes, who spent millions of dollars promoting his anti-tax, small government causes and his favored political candidates, died owing the federal government tens of millions of dollars in taxes, according to the IRS.

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TAMPA Fear not, fellow patriots. The salvos of the marauding economy for the most part will not sink the Fourth of July fireworks shows in the Tampa Bay area, and displays will steam ahead, full blast.

Buying a home may not always be a top priority for executives relocating to the Tampa Bay area.

This post is about bat conservation: efforts in Temple Terrace to reconstruct an historic tower for bats, a large community bat roost I designed for the Florida Bat Conservancy , and how you can purchase your own bat roost .

BYRAM - James and Wanda Timperley of Deptford announce the engagement of their daughter Lisa Timperley of Temple Terrace, Fla., to Steven Matthew Valentine, also of Temple Terrace.

Commissioners for an hour - Sarah Quattromani, Simone Hostetler, Rebecca Hines, Jewel Martinez and Franceska Akel - with Mayor Fran Barford.

Meet the author: John F. Foster will talk about his book Discovery! A Wordcrafter's Journey at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Temple Terrace Public Library, 202 Bullard Parkway.

You might be interested to know that Greenpeace has come to town and has just opened an office in Temple Terrace.