FOOTBALL LIONS FACE MUCH TOUGHER OPPONENT IN CFC ...more

September 12, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA Jeff Faine used to be a T-shirt and jeans kind of guy. Not anymore. ...more

August 1, 2008

CLEARWATER -- Dunedin Causeway Beach and Honeymoon Island State Park could get an even bigger influx of summer tourists as a result of the city of Clearwater closing its Courtney Campbell Causeway Beach because of a fish kill. ...more

July 30, 2008

A new generation of superfast, topsy-turvy amusement rides - often, with metal twisted to defy gravity and common sense - are getting the hearts of Florida's theme park patrons thumping. ...more

July 24, 2008

One 34-year-old woman stepped off the Jazzy Jellies ride at SeaWorld and fractured her ankle. A few weeks later, at Roa's Rapids in the same park, a 63-year-old woman inhaled water. Tales of heart troubles, dehydration and, in some cases, broken bones come out of the grade-yourself report card for Florida's theme parks, made public each quarter by the state's Bureau of Fair Rides, a division in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ...more

July 22, 2008

Florida plans to spend $45 million to buy commuter railcars from a company whose investors ousted its president recently amid production problems at its manufacturing plant. ...more

July 20, 2008

Three billboards in the Orlando area that depict New York's World Trade Center in flames with the words "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat" are the work of a St. Cloud songwriter and commercial painter who is marketing his latest song. ...more

July 16, 2008

TAMPA – More than a dozen local Church's Chicken fast food outlets will be put on the block next month when the company that operates the restaurants sells its assets under the approval of a federal bankruptcy judge. ...more

July 2, 2008

As if there aren't enough tourist attractions in the Orlando area. Big wheels from the Great Wheel Corp. announced this week they will build a 400-foot wheel to take in the Orlando skyline and surrounding properties, including Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal Studios and many other theme parks in the area. The company has built similar wheels in Berlin, Beijing and Singapore. ...more

June 27, 2008

Big wheels from the Great Wheel Corp. announced this week they will build a 400-foot wheel to take in the Orlando skyline and surrounding properties, including Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal Studios and many other theme parks in the area. ...more

June 26, 2008