It will soon cost a lot less to see a mermaid. The state is lowering admission to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park near Spring Hill from $26.57 to $13 for adults and from $18.05 to $5 for children. ...more

June 17, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down today between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 27, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down Friday between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 26, 2009

Marco Pierre White is a heavyweight. Anthony Bourdain once called him "the original rock-star chef, the guy who all of us wanted to be." Writer Bill Buford, author of the book "Heat," described him as "the most influential chef since the invention of fish and chips." He was top chef before "Top Chef" was "Top Chef." (Did that make sense? You get my drift.) ...more

March 6, 2009

A Tampa firm's amazing discovery of a legendary British warship that sank in the English Channel in 1744 can be seen at 10 tonight on the Discovery Channel. ...more

February 5, 2009

In the passionate world of Civil War re-enactors, authenticity is everything - from uniforms with historically correct stitching to hardtack made from scratch. ...more

November 9, 2008

The Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg will be featured on the Oct. 1 episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's "Ghost Hunters." ...more

September 22, 2008

Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan doesn't let daughter Brooke set out on her own without first giving her a taser to ward off unwanted advances of any unruly males. ...more

July 8, 2008

Syesha Mercado, showing more personality than she's ever revealed on "American Idol," rolled into Tampa early today for what she calls "a most surreal" homecoming. ...more

May 9, 2008