Universal Orlando is delaying the debut of its new "Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit" roller coaster. ...more

April 24, 2009

Universal Orlando said Thursday that its new roller coaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring as previously announced, but Universal did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 24, 2009

Universal Orlando said today that its new roller coaster, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring, as previously announced, but did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 23, 2009

An Ybor City reveler was jailed early Sunday on charges he smacked a police horse on its flanks in an attempt to scare it. ...more

March 16, 2009

As more homes have been built in recent years around Tampa North Aero Park, conflicts have ensued with residents living near the privately owned airport. ...more

January 28, 2009

In the past week, I've twice been close enough to Dick Cheney to kick him in the shins. ...more

January 13, 2009

Lissette Corsa ducks left and weaves right. Her opponent kicks over her head, and she spins and grabs him from behind. He arches his back as he moves downward. He slips out of her grasp, spinning to face her. Corsa is a student of Capoeira, a 500-year-old Brazilian martial art gaining popularity in the Bay area. The studio Corsa attends, Tampa Capoeira on East Bearss Avenue, is one of several schools in the area injecting rhythmic flow into exercise and self-defense. ...more

December 5, 2008

Leslie Lopez made her annual holiday pilgrimage Friday to Rogers' Christmas Village and left Brooksville laden with a shopping bag. ...more

November 30, 2008

Helmets and harnesses flashed in the afternoon sun as 30 riders and their horses synchronized their way through the final exam. ...more

November 14, 2008

Rosemary Christensen has been missing for nine years, but investigators this week recovered her body and are preparing to arrest Robert Glenn Temple, her husband when she was last seen. ...more

September 10, 2008