TAMPA What drives someone to sleep in a tent outside an electronics store for two days? You could say "bargains," but you'd be only half right. The people camped outside the Best Buy store on North Dale Mabry Highway said they were celebrating Thanksgiving in a fun, if non-traditional, way. ...more

November 26, 2009

When two Hillsborough County commissioners proposed putting a homeless shelter at the former Floriland Mall, they didn't think to ask Kellie Nieves and her neighbors what they thought about the idea. ...more

October 24, 2009

If you grab a fast-food meal for your kids tonight, you may be dumping a grownup portion of calories into their pint-sized bodies. ...more

October 16, 2008

If you're in the car this summer and tooling through Flagler Beach, you can't miss digging into the fish Reuben at Snack Jack's. ...more

May 27, 2008

One Family's Pet Project Plant City residents may notice the pet store on Wheeler Street is starting to come to life again after being abandoned by its former owner over his sexual predator past. Now the Lewis family has set up shop in the spot, and "We're trying to bring the reputation of the pet store back up." ...more

January 27, 2008

Christmas comes out of nowhere on State Road 50 east of Orlando, just as you start to catch your breath from miles of Disney-spawned sprawl. ...more

December 22, 2007

Lunchtime at Lupton's Buffet puts fast-food joints to shame. There's no ordering from an itemized menu hanging on a wall, or waiting for a counter clerk to hand over a plastic tray with a meal wrapped in paper. Instead, you walk through the door, grab a plate and fill up on comfort foods from collard greens to baked chicken to strawberry shortcake the owner says is 'sweet as a mother's kiss.' ...more

September 21, 2007