Papa John's Pizza in Seffner put together 30 crates full of pens, paper, glue, rulers and erasers to help McDonald Elementary, which was damaged by a fire Nov. 14. ...more

December 23, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA Coleman Middle School math league participants took home honors at a recent district competition. ...more

December 16, 2009

McDonald's Corp. will begin selling a variety of breakfast items for $1 early next month, a spokeswoman for the world's largest hamburger chain said Thursday. ...more

December 11, 2009

The supersized recession that was a boon for business last year caught up further with McDonald's Corp. in November as high unemployment ate into sales. ...more

December 9, 2009

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will perform Sept. 12 at Ford Amphitheatre, 4802 U.S. 301 N. in Tampa. Tickets, $55 and $98 plus service charges, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Call 1-877-598-8698 or visit www.livenation.com. ...more

July 23, 2009

When was McDonald's founded? Who gave the "Iron Curtain" speech? When was "Psycho" released? Who was Rosa Parks? When did Marilyn Monroe die? When did "Sesame Street" first air? What was the "Manhattan Project?" When were Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy assassinated? ...more

July 6, 2009

The Manatee County Port Authority has approved a $2.1 million bid for dredging work for a new, 1,584-foot berth at Port Manatee as part of a $150 million, 10-year port expansion to accommodate container shipping. ...more

June 30, 2009

McDonald's says sales of its new McCafe coffees and chicken Snack Wraps in the U.S. helped boost same-store sales 6.9 percent in April. ...more

May 9, 2009

A 19-year-old man was shot after he tried to flee undercover officers during an drug sting at a Clearwater McDonald's, police said. ...more

April 28, 2009

When a man and woman enter into marriage, it is a legal contract that is supposed to last until "death do us part." However, if the man becomes abusive, then people are all for divorce (breaking the contract), and rightly so. ...more

April 26, 2009