Dedicated movie buffs will have a chance to see all five motion pictures that are nominated for "Best Picture" Oscars at a special marathon screening in select AMC theaters on Feb. 21. ...more

February 9, 2009

County officials unveiled their much-anticipated early leave retirement plan. ...more

February 6, 2009

PLANT CITY Reserved seats to Taylor Swift's March 1 concert at the Florida Strawberry Festival have sold out. ...more

January 23, 2009

The Florida Strawberry Festival has its first sold-out show of the season. Reserved seats to the March 1 concert by Taylor Swift have all been sold, festival General Manager Paul Davis said today. ...more

January 22, 2009

Lines are already forming for free makeup being given away because of a class-action lawsuit. At the cosmetics counter at Macy's at Westshore Plaza, the line snaked out the door this into the cold as customers stood in line to get a free soap. Saks Fifth Avenue cosmetic counters were handing out under-eye cream. Lines were similarly long at the Citrus Park mall. ...more

January 20, 2009

Beginning today, consumers who participated in a recent class-action cosmetics settlement can pick up free makeup from certain department stores. ...more

January 20, 2009

Beginning Tuesday, consumers who participated in a recent class-action cosmetics settlement can pick up free makeup from certain department stores. Consumers can show up at the stores involved in the lawsuit and receive one product valued at about $20. Consumers must sign a legal document saying they bought makeup from the store between May 29, 1994, and July 16, 2003. No sales receipt is necessary. ...more

January 19, 2009

As one-time president of the Garden Gate Circle of the Zephyrhills Garden Club, Raybelle Surratt decided that the club should plant a few trees around town. Twenty years later, the circle - under Surratt's guidance and with the cooperation of the city of Zephyrhills - has planted more than 700 trees in the city. And every one of them has a story. ...more

January 16, 2009

The Tampa Theatre plans to show the live broadcast of the presidential Inauguration Day ceremony for Barack Obama on the big screen Tuesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

When Stacy and Harry Walsh found out their son Gavin had a form of autism called Asberger's Syndrome, it was the beginning of a journey up a steep learning curve. ...more

January 14, 2009