The norovirus often is associated with cruise ship passengers who come down with the ailment en masse, putting a damper on their vacation fun. ...more

March 13, 2010

Florida's hotel business rebounded in January in all but the Tampa-St. Petersburg region, where occupancy and revenue performance suffered from comparisons with the Super Bowl draw a year ago and cold weather that's affected leisure properties in Pinellas County. ...more

March 12, 2010

You've likely heard of the disease norovirus associated with cruise ship passengers, who often come down with the stomach ailment en masse, putting a damper on their vacation fun. ...more

March 11, 2010

Row upon row of flowering plants sit as if in silent anticipation of spring and the hordes of customers poised to scoop them up. ...more

March 10, 2010

A predicted glut in strawberries hasn't materialized, but things are about to change. ...more

March 6, 2010

Sickles overcame a blown lead and cold weather to defeat neighborhood rival Gaither, 7-5, on Friday. ...more

March 6, 2010

A predicted glut in strawberries hasn't materialized but things are about to change. ...more

March 5, 2010

The fishing conditions for the remainder of the week look to stabilize as the weather starts to warm back up to seasonable norms. ...more

March 4, 2010

The number of overnight visitors in Pinellas County in January declined 4.5 percent to 239,600 compared with a year ago, a drop local officials attributed to cold weather this year and a bump last year from the Super Bowl. ...more

March 4, 2010

February and its seemingly endless parade of cold weather may be coming to an end, but it doesn't look like March's arrival will change things much. ...more

March 1, 2010