Some bright spots punctuated the gallows humor at a convention of shopping center executives today: A few pizza restaurants, dental practices and discount retailers are expanding aggressively in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 4, 2009

Some bright spots punctuated the gallows humor running through a convention of shopping center executives today: A few pizza restaurants, dental practices and discount retailers are expanding aggressively in the Tampa Bay area. Those with plans to grow took the spotlight during the gathering of shopping center owners, retail real estate brokers and retailers at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Rocky Point. The sponsor was the International Council of Shopping Centers. ...more

February 3, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Lisa Michelle Dillard, a woman charged as an accomplice in a fatal purse-snatching in November, is accused of snatching a purse weeks earlier. ...more

January 24, 2009

Lisa Michelle Dillard, the woman charged as an accomplice in a fatal purse-snatching in November, is accused of snatching a purse weeks before. After seeing news reports about the mugging and subsequent death of Linda Roma at a TJ Maxx in Hudson, another victim recognized Dillard as the woman who also snatched her purse Nov. 8 at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Port Richey, according to a report. ...more

January 23, 2009

With only one more shopping day until Christmas, retailers are rolling out last-minute sales to salvage the 2008 holiday season. ...more

December 24, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office arrested two suspects Saturday in a purse snatching that fatally injured a Hudson woman. ...more

November 16, 2008

Two suspects wanted in a fatal purse snatching have been identified by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 15, 2008

Linda Roma's life had purpose. She took care of her husband of 41 years as he battled several illnesses. She became a rock of support for her 33-year-old daughter, Jennifer, with whom she spent hours talking on the porch, shopping and drinking coffee. ...more

November 15, 2008

The Major Road Projects IN 2007: Work began on a new lane for Interstate 275 between Himes Avenue and the Hillsborough River. ...more

December 30, 2007

Pasco County got a new mall in 2007, and there are two more on the way. ...more

December 25, 2007