LITTLE ROCK - Built using a cast-iron facade shipped in pieces from New York, the Capital Hotel opened to great fanfare in 1877, with rooms going for up to $4 a day. ...more

December 16, 2007

Ocala-based trainer Cathy Roundtree has been running horses at Tampa Bay Downs since 1990. Noticing the large crowds and buzz surrounding the track's 82nd opening day, she turned to her groom and reflected on her early memories of the track. ...more

December 9, 2007

The owners of the Regency Square shopping center plan to begin this month renovating the plaza's parking lot, adding more trees and other landscaping to the aging plaza. ...more

December 5, 2007

They shut the doors with little warning about three months ago, laid off the managers and wait staff, and hung a "closed" sign outside the riverfront building. ...more

November 23, 2007

Pest control giant Orkin Inc. has settled out of court with the owners of a Tampa apartment complex who claimed employees from the extermination company forged inspection forms and did not notify owners of the extent of the termite damage on the property. ...more

November 17, 2007

Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme. ...more

November 10, 2007

It was good to see American Electric Power, which relentlessly fought efforts to clean up its power plants, finally get its comeuppance. ...more

November 10, 2007

Elaine Hernando planned to stay in one of the city's big-box hotels, but when she saw The Ellis, she canceled her reservation and booked a room at the renovated historical hotel instead. ...more

November 4, 2007

A silver megaphone honoring the heroism of volunteer firefighters in Ybor City in 1889 sat on Joe N. Perez's mantel for a dozen years. ...more

November 2, 2007

TAMPA - "Old Number One" is ready for visitors again. A city fire station built in 1911 that served residents for decades has been reborn for a new task: housing a firefighting museum, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

November 1, 2007