Facing the prospects of drawing as few as 50 to 200 guests on September weekdays, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park will open only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September in an effort to improve its long-range prospects, a park spokeswoman said Monday. ...more

July 28, 2008

TAMPA - One hundred puppies and 28 purebred cats from the largest puppy mill rescue ever conducted in Tennessee will arrive Monday at the SPCA of Tampa Bay's shelter in Largo, according to the SPCA. ...more

June 27, 2008

NEW YORK - A national autism group is demanding an apology from CBS over a disparaging remark a contestant on the reality show "Big Brother" made about people with the disorder ...more

February 18, 2008

LARGO - The owner of five horses and a donkey found weak and malnourished last August began a six-month jail term today, according to SPCA Tampa Bay. ...more

February 14, 2008

Teams from across the United States and Canada already had long left the Wesley Chapel District Park, yet there was Josh Gross, sales and public relations manager for NDP Lacrosse, which ran this past weekend's Dick's Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions. ...more

January 6, 2008

Looking up at a wall stacked to the ceiling with board games, a pregnant Recia Henry beamed. ...more

December 15, 2007

TAMPA - Home Depot Inc. is laying off 750 people in the Tampa Bay area and will close its Brandon call center on Jan. 28. ...more

December 3, 2007

LAKE PLACID – Dollar General Store is moving from its location in the Winn-Dixie shopping center in Lake Placid, but the department store is only going across U.S. 27 to a free-standing building. Dollar General has leased the site of the former hardware store at 108 U.S. 27 N. Developer Bill Harvey bought the building, which he said is 10,050 square feet, last December. Harvey said he liked the location and believed he could lease the building in a short period of time. ...more

September 16, 2007