Deputies ended an armed standoff with a man barricaded in a Brandon wine store shortly before 2:30 p.m. today. ...more

October 4, 2009

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

March 25, 2009

They aren't simply asking people to reach into their pockets for their wallets. ...more

March 3, 2009

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 2009

Hillsborough County appears to have wasted $500,000 in studying the widening of a rural section of Lithia-Pinecrest Road southeast of Brandon that the county now says it has no intention of actually widening. ...more

January 11, 2009

Some Gymboree Play & Music centers in the Tampa area closed Friday. The move came a day after a bankruptcy court approved liquidating the business. ...more

October 25, 2008

Young mothers with babes in arms and toddlers in tow gathered in a cozy, colorful anteroom outside a little house on Hummingbird Lane. ...more

October 22, 2008

One lucky shopper walked out of a Publix supermarket in Valrico with more than groceries. ...more

September 22, 2008

One lucky shopper walked out of a Publix supermarket in Valrico with more than groceries. ...more

September 21, 2008

A man wanted on warrants accusing him of armed burglary and related charges was caught by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office dog after he ran into an orange grove in Lithia, authorities said. ...more

September 15, 2008