Just as Circuit City shuts down, a rival electronics retailer is preparing to enter the Tampa Bay area and challenge Best Buy. ...more

February 20, 2009

Just as Circuit City shuts down, a rival electronics retailer is preparing to enter the Tampa Bay area and challenge Best Buy. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics chain HHGregg is finishing its first local store in the Market Square shopping center near Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in New Tampa. It's also scouting other potential store sites around the Bay area, but hasn't yet committed to any other new stores other than one in Sarasota. Its closest store to the area at the moment is in Lakeland. ...more

February 11, 2009

Among the thousands of people coming to Tampa for the Super Bowl, some count as serious VIPs: Players, team owners, celebrities. ...more

January 12, 2009

Among the thousands of people coming to Tampa for the Super Bowl, some count as serious VIPs: Players, team owners, celebrities. ...more

January 9, 2009

PLANT CITY The sixth annual Pig Jam lived up to its name as about 15,000 hungry, salivating fans of barbecue were literally jammed shoulder to shoulder at the Randy L. Larson Softball Four-Plex. ...more

December 10, 2008

10:41 p.m. Even though it's not official, everyone in this room thinks it's a Barack Obama victory. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:52 p.m. The room is starting to fill up as invited guests pull up chairs in front of two big-screen TVs. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:41 p.m.: The doors are open at the Tampa Waterside Marriott for those who volunteered for Barack Obama's campaign in Florida. ...more

November 4, 2008

Back in 1966 when James Brown sang "This is a man's world," there was no manlier of domains than the corner barbershop. ...more

November 2, 2008