Cash-strapped consumers might find it tempting to save money on home improvements by hiring unlicensed contractors. But as the economy tanks, state regulators and local builders said they hear more complaints about unlicensed contractors doing shoddy work or vanishing with consumers' money before the job is finished. ...more

December 5, 2008

Although art is the focus of "Pavilion," the yearly gala fundraiser for the Tampa Museum of Art, the hefty ticket price - $600 - can be a deterrent for artists hoping to attend. ...more

November 7, 2007

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office has arrested Kenneth R. Jackson, 25, of Seffner in the killing of Cuc Thu Tran. The 50-year-old woman disappeared from the street where she was jogging Sept. 13 and was found 15 miles away inside a burning van in the Gibsonton area. ...more

September 27, 2007

GIBSONTON - The body of a woman found inside of a burning van on Thursday was positively identified today as that of missing Seffner resident Cuc Thu Tran, authorities said. ...more

September 16, 2007

Homicide detectives don't yet know why Seffner resident Cuc Thu Tran was killed or how she died. ...more

September 16, 2007