Tampa police are looking for a man who abandoned five stolen plasma televisions and a stolen Dodge Durango shortly after 6 a.m. at North Howard Avenue and West La Salle Street. ...more

February 7, 2008

A Clearwater police officer accused of wrongly arresting a 75-year-old woman at a McDonald's drive-through last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by his supervisors, according to an internal affairs file released Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

About the only person who believes a Clearwater police officer wrongly arrested 75-year-old Jean Merola at a McDonald's drive-through last month is Jean Merola. ...more

February 4, 2008

Burger King Holdings said Thursday that its second-quarter profit jumped 29 percent as the stalwart Whopper, the new Homestyle Melt and promotions with TV tie-ins fired up worldwide sales. ...more

February 1, 2008

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who play the Super Bowl XLII halftime show on Fox this Sunday, will play The Forum in downtown Tampa on July 16. ...more

January 29, 2008

New on the McDonald's menu: a takeaway diploma. The British government is giving the U.S. burger chain, along with a rail company and an airline, the right to award credits toward a high school diploma to employees who complete on-the-job training programs. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - Sheriff's detectives are investigating a series of robberies that have taken place in eastern Hillsborough County businesses since November. ...more

January 25, 2008

The 75-year-old grandmother who was arrested on Thursday for disorderly conduct at a McDonald's gave an officer lip with her fries, according to a police report. ...more

January 22, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. ...more

January 20, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it!" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. The 75-year-old grandmother of eight was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused a police officer's orders to move her car while she waited for the coffee and fries she ordered at the drive-through window. "Isn't that terrible?'' she said from her Clearwater home Saturday. "Oh my goodness, here I am, a poor little innocent woman waiting for my French fries.'' ...more

January 19, 2008