Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan is quick to reconfirm Corvette Racing's GT1 program in the first half of the 2009 American Le Mans Series. ...more

December 24, 2008

Santa will make his annual pre-Christmas appearance this evening in the streets of downtown. The Plant City Christmas Parade, originally scheduled for Dec. 5, was canceled hours before its start because of a massive manhunt for a slaying suspect. It was rescheduled for 6 p.m. today. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA -- Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson says he decided against attending Wednesday's county commission meeting after the commission set a specific time to consider his request for $2.3 million. In an interview this morning, Johnson said he didn't want to be part of the media circus he thought his appearance would spark. Even if he had attended, he said, he would have left the explanation of his request to chief deputy Kathy Harris, who handles budget matters. ...more

December 18, 2008

Numerous noise complaints against a Trinity-area bar and grill might wind up in court soon. The next citation in the works against Alligators Bar and Grill will include a mandatory appearance before a judge for the restaurant's owner, code enforcement officials reported during today's County Commission meeting. ...more

December 2, 2008

Santa Claus took some time out of his busy pre-Christmas schedule and made a special appearance at a Tampa school Tuesday morning. Santa met up with local police and fire crews at 8:30 a.m. for an escort through Ybor City to DeSoto Elementary School, where he read holiday stories to the children and handed out small gifts. ...more

November 26, 2008

Santa Claus took some time out of his busy pre-Christmas schedule and made a special appearance at a Tampa school this morning. ...more

November 25, 2008

Lauren Roth, 55, New Tampa Height: 5-foot-6 ...more

November 12, 2008

BURBANK, Calif. - John McCain says Sarah Palin didn't hurt his presidential bid and he attributes anonymous criticism aimed at her following their loss last week to typical campaign sniping. The Arizona senator tells Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" the Republican ticket faced a tough challenge from the start but disputed that a different vice presidential pick would have changed the outcome. ...more

November 11, 2008

5:56 p.m.: Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to make an appearance at the Republican Party of Florida's victory celebration at the Hilton Carillon Park in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 4, 2008

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - Style at a Wal-Mart used to mean a clean cut on the side of a box so customers could get their products right from the case. ...more

November 2, 2008