The assault on cabbies has moved into north Pinellas County, with another driver found shot to death Wednesday behind a Countryside area shopping plaza. ...more

September 18, 2008

is at the heart of a new American Cancer Society awareness campaign at the new Shops at Wiregrass center. ...more

September 13, 2008

A Bartow man and a teen remained in custody Tuesday following their arrests on prowling-related charges after Avon Park Police say they were caught with burglary tools, hiding behind Bishop's Furniture on early Sunday. ...more

September 10, 2008

Temple Terrace police are looking for a pair of con artists who bilked a middle-aged woman out of $4,500 when she tried to help them. ...more

August 28, 2008

Nestled in Fox's Corner where Gunn Highway meets North Mobley Road is the Feed Depot, a one-stop shopping mecca for some of man's best friends: not only dogs, but also cats, goats, sheep, rabbits, ducks, birds and - primarily - horses. ...more

August 25, 2008

A narrow strip of land along the top of the Shoppes at New Tampa property has become a hurdle in the county's effort to extend State Road 56 across Wiregrass Ranch. ...more

August 16, 2008

A narrow strip of land along the top of the Shoppes at New Tampa has become a hurdle in the county's effort to extend State Road 56 across Wiregrass Ranch. County officials disagree with the road builders – Locust Branch LLC and the Meadow Pointe IV Community Development district -- over how to get access to about 10 feet along the northern edge of the plaza and who should do it. The strip of land wasn't in the original plans for the six-lane highway now under construction just east of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. It's needed to ensure crews can build S.R. 56 to its full width and provide the plaza with a new northern entrance ...more

August 15, 2008

A motorcyclist died Monday morning when he was hit by a car and thrown into a light pole near the entrance to a shopping center, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 12, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash this morning that sent a motorcyclist flying into a light pole on U.S. 19 near Lakewood Plaza, a witness said. The crash occurred as the motorcycle was traveling south and had just passed Berkeley Manor/Breakwater boulevard. A car traveling north turned left, and the two vehicles collided, said Jeff Miner, a former emergency medical technician who said he witnessed the incident. ...more

August 11, 2008

Whaley's Market isn't the glitziest grocery store in town. The carpet is worn and splotched. The paint along the side walls is a dull shade of coral. Some wire racks in the refrigerators are old and rusted. A new 39,000-square-foot Publix GreenWise Market going up around the corner promises to outshine and outmerchandize the South Tampa market ...more

August 6, 2008