A man who authorities say was found dead while swimming with his family in Jupiter had been celebrating his wedding just days before. ...more

July 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill designed to strengthen Florida's investor protection law. ...more

July 1, 2009

Thrifty car rental is offering a $1 daily base rate for one-way rentals from Tampa International Airport to eight Northeast and Midwest airports through June 25 as it repositions its fleet. ...more

June 19, 2009

Thrifty car rental is offering a $1 daily base rate for one-way rentals from Tampa International Airport to eight Northeast and Midwest airports through June 25 as an inducement to reposition part of its fleet. ...more

June 17, 2009

The Tampa-St. Petersburg area had the second-worst decline in the state in demand for hotel and motel rooms in April, a new report shows. ...more

June 16, 2009

Representatives from Tampa General Hospital confirmed Monday afternoon that a man struck by lightning while golfing at Spring Lake Golf Resort on Thursday has died. ...more

June 16, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist ceremonially signed a law requiring children younger than 16 to wear a helmet while riding a horse on public roads. ...more

June 8, 2009

Senate President Jeff Atwater will run for Chief Financial Officer. ...more

May 15, 2009

Hillsborough County's hotel room supply rose 8.1 percent in March to nearly 22,000 compared with a year ago, but demand was down 9.3 percent to 419,248 rooms sold, a report by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn., showed. ...more

May 11, 2009

A Pahokee man who used stolen front-end loaders to dislodge ATMs at 11 banks in nine counties, including Polk and Manatee, is in the Leon County Jail, authorities said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Nasedra Lumpkin, 33, after a 15-month investigation into the string of ATM thefts the agency said netted more than $1 million and caused $575,000 damage to the banks. ...more

May 7, 2009