The sale of Captain D's in Sebring was completed last week. In a complex transaction, the sellers, brothers Tim and Gary Blackman, both sold and leased the 2,210 square-foot restaurant and the 0.65-acre lot at 3400 U.S. 27 S. The buyers were Sagittarius Brands, the parent company of Captain D's and Del Taco restaurants. The restaurant operators are a California investment corporation, Haupt Family Trust of East Palo Alto. ...more

May 6, 2009

Progress Energy Florida reported a net decrease of 8,000 in the average number of customers from January through March compared with the year-ago period but posted first-quarter earnings per share today of 33 cents, compared with 26 cents in 2008. ...more

May 6, 2009

Progress Energy Florida reported an 8,000 net decrease in the average number of customers between January and March compared with the year-ago period but posted first-quarter earnings per share today of 33 cents, compared with 26 cents last year. ...more

May 5, 2009

Boston's NBC affiliate says it will air a local newscast instead of Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. talk show. ...more

April 3, 2009

The Coast Guard is monitoring the cleanup of a 1,000-gallon oil spill in the Port of Tampa. ...more

April 1, 2009

Days after an announcement by parent company TOUSA to wind down production, Engle Homes, the developer of Live Oak Preserve, is relinquishing some of its authority at the development. Engle Homes Vice President Rick Feather said all Engle employees who serve on the Live Oak I, Live Oak II and The Hammocks' community development district boards are stepping down immediately. "We resigned under the advice of counsel," Feather said. Feather served as a board supervisor on all of the three developer-controlled CDDs. Engle employees Lauren Arcaro, Dennis DeMott and Michael Mulvihill were members of the Live Oak II and The Hammocks boards. ...more

April 1, 2009

Bankrupt TOUSA, the parent company of the home builder that developed Live Oak Preserve, is wrapping up all of its construction projects, selling off its inventory of homes and not planning to build any new ones. ...more

April 1, 2009

It was 2004 and Florida's real estate market was sizzling. A 367-acre development in Ruskin promised a piece of paradise. ...more

March 14, 2009

A man armed with a handgun and threatening to kill himself outside the building shared by The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA News Channel 8 was taken into custody this afternoon by Tampa police officers. ...more

March 2, 2009

Two Kmart stores in St. Petersburg will close in May as Kmart's parent company shuts underperforming stores. ...more

February 27, 2009