It's party time for Tampa's pint-sized pirates. For the 62nd year, little landlubbers on Saturday will have a chance to gawk and stare and scream for booty from a host of Tampa's finest pillagers. The 2009 Gasparilla Extravaganza not only features the Children's Gasparilla Parade, it starts with a bicycle safety rodeo and is followed by the "Piratechnic" Extravaganza, a fireworks show. ...more

January 23, 2009

The last Super Bowl hosted by Tampa was in 2001, the year that marked the end of the era of innocence. The game was played just eight months before terrorists attacked; it was a time of relaxed security, when law enforcement officers mostly tried to keep drunken fans from falling over the railings. ...more

January 18, 2009

Final touches were put in place Tuesday for the 24th annual Florida RV Supershow at the Florida State Fairgrounds, which runs today through Sunday. ...more

January 14, 2009

Final touches were put in place today for the 24th annual Florida RV Supershow at the Florida State Fairgrounds, which runs Wednesday through Sunday. ...more

January 13, 2009

Local leaders are fighting approval of a proposed business they fear could negatively affect patrons and other people within the community. ...more

October 15, 2008

What has come to be known in east Orlando as a hot spot for college students is opening its second establishment near the University of South Florida. ...more

July 30, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - What has come to be known in east Orlando as a hot spot for college students is opening its second establishment near the University of South Florida. Scoop Bar & Grill will replace the former Whistle Junction at 5105 E. Fowler Ave. The opening is expected in late August or early September. ...more

July 25, 2008

More than 200 South Shore residents on Thursday had the opportunity to voice their concerns about a new hospital on Big Bend Road to members of the county and state government. ...more

July 2, 2008

There will be a road closure in effect from 2 p.m. on June 24 untill about 4 p.m. on June 25, at Hillside Drive (between Tower Street and Summit) for the funeral procession of Mason Smoak. Traffic will be directed accordingly. ...more

June 23, 2008

CONSIDER THE PALATE UNLEASHED It's safe to say that this year's Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival, held last weekend at the Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, went much smoother than last year's inaugural event, which suffered from canceled seminars and complicated parking arrangements. As a spinoff of the massively successful South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach, it also suffered last year from expectations that the Tampa Bay version would approximate the same style and flair. ...more

May 20, 2008