TAMPA - As he awaits sentencing for one scheme in Tampa, convicted con artist Jordan Gann has emerged as a suspect in an almost identical case in St. Petersburg. ...more

February 6, 2008

Almost 13 years ago, a dozen or so worshippers crowded into a basement kitchen for Bible study and Sunday sermons. Above them was a burned-out sanctuary left vacant by another congregation. ...more

February 4, 2008

Almost 13 years ago, a dozen or so worshippers crowded into a basement kitchen for Bible study and Sunday sermons. Above them was a burned-out sanctuary left vacant by another congregation. ...more

February 4, 2008

Get Barbara Coppola talking about real estate and the tears will likely follow. ...more

February 2, 2008

County officials on Thursday approved plans for a potential Habitat for Humanity community off U.S. 98 north of Dade City. ...more

January 25, 2008

Susan Toll couldn't believe it. She had been in well over a dozen Gasparilla Pirate Fest parades, as a member of the Krewe of Alegria and the Rough Riders, and had loved Gasparilla ever since she was a child in the 1950s, when the pirates threw blank bullets and candy. But this was something new and pretty cool. ...more

January 24, 2008

Kelli Ackett didn't sell her house outright at the Big Top Flea Market. But she did get six potential buyers - and one date - out of her six hours in a booth at the Fowler Avenue institution. ...more

January 23, 2008

Real estate agent Tony Rojas loves his job. But there's one thing that drives him crazy: unrealistic sellers who insist on asking buyers to pay boom-year sales prices despite profound drops in area home values. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - Real estate agent Tony Rojas loves his job. But there's one thing that drives him crazy: unrealistic sellers who insist on asking buyers to pay boom-year sales prices despite profound drops in area home values. ...more

January 22, 2008

Early voting is under way, but I'm still waiting for the translation. We received a sample ballot last week from Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson, but unfortunately it was incomprehensible. And I'm waiting for a replacement. ...more

January 20, 2008