Publix Super Markets posted higher profits on lower revenue in its third quarter. Executives for the grocery chain said they were pleased with recent improvements. "But we understand our net earnings are essentially the same as our results for the third quarters of 2006 and 2007," said Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw. ...more

November 3, 2009

The drive to qualify for the state swim meet begins this week. Local schools recently had a good warm-up meet in the form of the Western Conference championships, held Oct. 17 at the Bobby Hicks Pool in South Tampa. All 26 of Hillsborough County's public high schools had their teams on hand. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Sickles girls swim team was one point better than Berkeley Prep on Tuesday night. The Gryphons defeated the Bucs 93-92, while the Berkeley Prep boys easily defeated Sickles, 125-58. ...more

September 23, 2009

NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad. ...more

July 12, 2009

You blink your eyes in four/tenths of a second. "Five-tenths of a second," says Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor-turned-race-car driver Frankie Muniz, "can be the difference between first place and 15th place in a qualifier." ...more

March 21, 2009

A federal prisoner stands accused in a rape that occurred 22 years ago in Pinellas County, according to authorities and court records. ...more

March 18, 2009

6:15-6:30 a.m.: Seen by a passerby on 15th Street SE just north of 21st Avenue SE, walking north ...more

March 14, 2009

After Thursday afternoon's rain - which lasted minutes, not hours - Dave Fogler scraped his foot into the soil where a brush fire was still smoldering and quickly hit dry sand. The earth was damp for only a tenth of an inch, maybe two-tenths, he estimated, but the rain had been a godsend. ...more

February 20, 2009

Wildlife authorities are asking for the public's help this morning in locating a rhesus macaque monkey that is on the loose. ...more

January 14, 2009

Florida kindergarten pupils have turned in the best overall results yet on screening tests in the four years since they began. ...more

December 22, 2008