James and Blake Emory, part of an Ybor City-based artist's colony, are looking for extras in a street fight scene they're filming for "Beast of Gods," a martial arts flick they hope to complete this year. ...more

February 20, 2008

Physician Speros Hampilos had expected to see 92-year-old Charles Melemed in his office Monday morning after Melemed's daughter told the doctor her father wasn't feeling well. ...more

February 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Physician Speros Hampilos had expected to see 92-year-old Charles Melemed in his office this morning after Melemed's daughter told the doctor her father wasn't feeling well. Instead, Hampilos ended up trying to save Melemed's life out in the street. ...more

February 11, 2008

'Wasteful' Spending Two of the last three months' billing statements I received from Pasco County Utilities Services were for a zero reading; the billed amount was $19.25. The December bill was $100 - thanks for the Christmas present - essentially a two-month bill! ...more

February 1, 2008

Homeless people will have to abide by tougher restrictions on where they can sleep and keep their belongings in the downtown area. ...more

January 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Homeless people will have to abide by tougher restrictions on where they can sleep and keep their belongings in the downtown area. ...more

January 25, 2008

The sight of scaffolding and guys in hard hats may give shoppers the impression that downtown's Fifth Avenue has been turned into a construction zone. ...more

January 11, 2008

Although strolling through downtown Tampa may never replicate the experience of window shopping on Michigan Avenue in Chicago or New York's Fifth Avenue, 2008 could be the year that downtown Tampa begins to amass enough restaurants, galleries and shops - and buzz - to pique the interest of people accustomed to spending all their time, and money, in the suburbs. ...more

December 19, 2007

When it opened in 1948, it was billed as one of the most modern movie theaters in the South, with comfortable seats, a wide stage and a glass-enclosed "crying room" for cranky babies. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Police charged a 23-year-old Tampa man with felony sexual battery Friday, saying he raped an intoxicated woman in Ybor City. ...more

December 14, 2007