A nurse told a 38-year-old patient walking out of Community Hospital he couldn't leave Thursday afternoon because he still had an intravenous catheter in his arm, a police report states. ...more

November 7, 2009

When Muriel and Harold Haviland decided to move to Florida 50 years ago from Long Island, N.Y., they were in search of a peaceful, safe place to raise a family. ...more

November 2, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Things that go bump in the night are creeping back to haunt the Land O' Lakes Community Center. ...more

October 22, 2009

The cruise ship that bumped another liner while leaving port in Cozumel, Mexico, returned to Tampa on Sunday morning. The Carnival Legend was leaving Cozumel just after 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, when strong winds pushed it up against the Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas, which was docked. ...more

October 5, 2009

Cruise operator Carnival Corp. said increased summer bookings from last-minute getaway seekers combined with falling fuel costs to help it beat third-quarter profit forecasts. ...more

September 23, 2009

Country superstar Kenny Chesney performed Saturday night at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa during his "Sun City Carnival" tour. Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum opened for Chesney. Chesney's recent hits include "I'm Alive," a duet with Dave Matthews, who performs at the Amphitheatre on Wednesday. ...more

August 9, 2009

Organizers of the HIS Storehouse Outreach and Thrift Center's annual Back 2 School Festival are looking forward to a sequel. ...more

August 5, 2009

Two Carnival cruise ships next month will resume sailings from Tampa that include port calls in Mexico, Carnival senior vice president of marine operations Brendan Corrigan said today. ...more

May 28, 2009

The Coast Guard was searching Gulf of Mexico waters Monday for an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Louisiana who fell overboard from a cruise ship. ...more

May 25, 2009

Royal Caribbean International will increase its annual sailings from the Port of Tampa from 28 to 44 beginning in October 2010 and replace the Grandeur of the Seas with the 2,500-passenger Radiance of the Seas on Tampa cruises. ...more

May 15, 2009