TAMPA - Sweetbay Supermarket announced this afternoon that it has promoted Michael Vail to president of the Tampa-based chain. ...more

June 18, 2008

People with a family history of colon cancer carry the emotional burden of knowing they have twice the risk of developing the disease themselves. But a new study may ease some of their anxiety. Patients with a family history of colon cancer, the researchers found, are also more likely to survive it. ...more

June 4, 2008

Sweetbay Supermarket announced late Wednesday that chief executive Shelley Broader, 43, would step down June 15 to accept a new, undisclosed job outside the grocery industry. Broader came to Tampa in 2003 from the sibling Hannaford supermarket chain in the Northeast with marching orders to turn around the struggling Kash n' Karry supermarket chain. ...more

May 30, 2008

A 22-year-old man was extradited from North Carolina over the weekend to face charges in the sexual assault of a girl he was babysitting in St. Petersburg on Thanksgiving, according to Pinellas County court records unsealed Monday. ...more

February 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A 22-year-old man was extradited from North Carolina over the weekend to face charges he sexually assaulted a girl he was babysitting in St. Petersburg on Thanksgiving, according to Pinellas court records unsealed this morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

When you're a kid, the thought of switching schools can be downright terrifying. ...more

February 21, 2008

When you're a kid, the thought of switching schools can be downright terrifying. That's why local students are doing what they can to keep gifted services at Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics. ...more

February 20, 2008

A deputy and her dog receive the credit for the happy ending in the case of a missing 12-year-old boy who moved from Belize to Lakeland two weeks ago. ...more

February 15, 2008

The parent company of Outback Steakhouse and its sibling restaurants has rescinded a policy of requiring its wait staff to cover credit-card processing fees for tips included on their customers' bills. ...more

February 2, 2008

Re: Drugging of children a diversion? So, is this to say also, that the men and women of today who are taking Prozac and other meds to treat anxiety, depression, etc. are taking something that isn't needed? I am certain that there are those parents who give the child something to just calm him/her down when unruly, but there are very real cases out there that can not go with out being treated with meds. ...more

January 26, 2008