A narrow strip of land along the top of the Shoppes at New Tampa has become a hurdle in the county's effort to extend State Road 56 across Wiregrass Ranch. County officials disagree with the road builders – Locust Branch LLC and the Meadow Pointe IV Community Development district -- over how to get access to about 10 feet along the northern edge of the plaza and who should do it. The strip of land wasn't in the original plans for the six-lane highway now under construction just east of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. It's needed to ensure crews can build S.R. 56 to its full width and provide the plaza with a new northern entrance ...more

August 15, 2008

A motorcyclist died Monday morning when he was hit by a car and thrown into a light pole near the entrance to a shopping center, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 12, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash this morning that sent a motorcyclist flying into a light pole on U.S. 19 near Lakewood Plaza, a witness said. The crash occurred as the motorcycle was traveling south and had just passed Berkeley Manor/Breakwater boulevard. A car traveling north turned left, and the two vehicles collided, said Jeff Miner, a former emergency medical technician who said he witnessed the incident. ...more

August 11, 2008

Whaley's Market isn't the glitziest grocery store in town. The carpet is worn and splotched. The paint along the side walls is a dull shade of coral. Some wire racks in the refrigerators are old and rusted. A new 39,000-square-foot Publix GreenWise Market going up around the corner promises to outshine and outmerchandize the South Tampa market ...more

August 6, 2008

Florence, S.C. resident Nachenga Robinson was taking her three children and a friend of her father's to a Pinellas Park Wal-Mart when she was killed when her car was struck by a person police said was fleeing from an undercover drug sting. ...more

July 19, 2008

For several weeks, visitors to the local Cork & Olive store at Northwoods Shopping Center have found a sign on the door announcing "closed for repairs." ...more

July 9, 2008

Since March 2007 movie fans in Plant City have lived with the hope that a theater would replace the Lake Walden Cinema 8 at 220 W. Alexander St. ...more

July 5, 2008

Starbucks is scaling back. It is not known whether any of the stores in Hernando County will be among the casualties. ...more

July 4, 2008

Starbucks is scaling back. It is not known whether any of the stores in Hernando County will be among the casualties. ...more

July 3, 2008

For several weeks, visitors to the local Cork & Olive store at Northwoods Shopping Center have found a sign on the door announcing "closed for repairs." ...more

July 3, 2008