Man's best friend and other friendly pets are invited to join Santa Claus for a fundraiser benefitting the SPCA Suncoast Shelter, a nonprofit organization supported entirely through private donations. ...more

December 13, 2008

It's the invitation everybody who's anybody from Tallahassee to Tampa hoped to find in their mailbox last month, and a St. Petersburg design duo created it. ...more

December 10, 2008

It's the invitation everybody who's anybody from Tallahassee to Tampa hoped to find in their mailbox last month, and a St. Petersburg design duo created it. ...more

December 8, 2008

A white coating of dust caked the inside of Robert Thornton's Valrico home. "Parts of it looked like a bomb hit it," he said. ...more

December 7, 2008

The Tampa City Council made it official today: Sangria's Tapas Bar & Restaurant can join Starbucks as a commercial anchor along the Hillsborough Avenue gateway to historical Seminole Heights. With no discussion and by unanimous vote, the council gave final approval to rezoning the property and also OK'd closing part of Mohawk Avenue and an alleyway. ...more

December 4, 2008

Investigators have determined that blood found in the stolen car of a missing Holmes Beach motel owner matches her DNA, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 3, 2008

If your house is a domestic wreck, try getting some professional help for it. ...more

December 3, 2008

Trans fats almost shut down a decades-old tradition in Hillsborough County schools. ...more

December 3, 2008

When the Air Force moved Jake Piascik to MacDill Air Force Base in 2001, he knew he had found home. ...more

December 3, 2008

A venerable Ybor bakery that supplies Hillsborough schools staved off a New Jersey rival by finding a way to eliminate trans fats from its Cuban bread. ...more

December 2, 2008