BRANDON - Shopping the day after Christmas was no Black Friday as throngs of bargain hunters lined up in pre-dawn hours. ...more

December 26, 2007

Fifty-nine children in the Hillsborough County Head Start program got an early visit from Santa, thanks to some generous county employees and Wal-Mart. ...more

December 26, 2007

Remember those warnings that started popping up before Thanksgiving? "Only 60 Shopping Days Until Christmas!" Well, now you've done it. You've waited until Christmas Eve, and you still have shopping to do. On what is a workday for many of us, no less. This is not the time for scoldings, though. This is the time for action. Here is a game plan to get you started. ...more

December 24, 2007

The Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce and Winn-Dixie of Apollo Beach recently partnered to sponsor the community's 17th annual Christmas Lighting Contest. ...more

December 22, 2007

Fresh Start for Pasco, a philanthropic effort that provides a variety of services for those in need, is planning a massive West Pasco Holiday Center distribution of food and toys for more than 500 disadvantaged families. First, though, the agency needs the support of Pasco County residents to aid their distribution, conducted in conjunction with Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Thirty families went to One Buc Place today thinking they were getting a tour of the facility but instead were showered with gifts by players and cheerleaders during the team's Day of Giving. ...more

December 18, 2007

Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more

December 18, 2007

Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more

December 18, 2007

It was a shopping extravaganza. Not at a chic mall, but in a converted area of Jefferson High School's gymnasium, where tables were filled with gift cards, movie passes, jewelry, flat irons, purses, makeup bags, University of Florida, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jefferson High shirts, footballs, basketballs and candy. ...more

December 15, 2007

Back in 1990, while he was in law school, Erik Marks came up with a great idea. ...more

December 14, 2007