Woman arrested at Sweetbay ...more

October 7, 2009

One of two Colorado men who used women's thong underwear to cover their faces while they robbed a convenience store has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...more

February 17, 2009

Fermin Montes de Oca and Helen Reid Toomey started their lives about a thousand miles apart, grew up in different cultures and spent their careers working in dissimilar fields. ...more

December 24, 2008

Tampa police say that three times in the past month, a man threatened to shoot employees at area businesses if they did not give him money from their cash registers, police say. ...more

December 15, 2008

An Adventure Island manager has embezzled more than $113,000 from the company since May 2007, police said. ...more

July 8, 2008

Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries opened its newest restaurant last weekend - joining five other locations in the Tampa area. ...more

June 28, 2008

Sales tax holidays for hurricane preparation are no more this season. With money in short supply, the Legislature did not renew the tax relief on hurricane supplies that Floridians enjoyed for three years. ...more

May 29, 2008

Milk, check. Bread, check. And don't forget $100 million in backup generators. ...more

May 13, 2008

This time of year, this city hops. Winter residents pack local restaurants, and cash registers hum with sales. ...more

January 21, 2008

It is North Port's version of "The Thomas Crown Affair," but here the thief wears a Heron Creek polo shirt and khaki shorts. ...more

January 6, 2008