Just in time for the new school year, 34 youngsters living at Metropolitan Ministries received free makeovers this week. ...more

August 15, 2008

WEST SHORE - Jazmine Jamison has a purple streak in her hair. She has varied the shade with every color of the rainbow, but for the start of school she thought she would try purple. ...more

August 13, 2008

SANDWICHES/ SALADS ABELLA'S SANDWICH SHOP, 2141 34th St., Tampa; (813) 247-2231. A large sign next to Abella's grocery store warns drug dealers, muggers, prostitutes and thieves to stay away. Don't let it discourage you. Continue north to Abella's, the sandwich shop, about 200 yards down the road, and you won't be disappointed (unless, of course, you are one of the aforesaid). Although they carry the same name, the two businesses have different owners. Chicken dishes are popular, and no wonder. Large, meaty breasts come covered with a tangy tomato sauce or Cuban-style with thick slices of sauteed sweet onions on top. Daily specials include stew beef, curry goat, ox tails, barbecue ribs, pork chops, meatloaf and pepper steak. Entrees are served with red or black beans and rice, a simple shredded iceberg lettuce and tomato salad, and Cuban bread and butter. Many of the meat entrees also are available in sandwiches. ($) ...more

June 20, 2008

Heavy traffic won't be the only difficulty confronting this weekend's AirFest. A hospital construction project at MacDill Air Force Base will make parking more challenging than in the past. ...more

May 2, 2008

The word of God isn't a black thing or a white thing: It's a blanket that wraps around us all, according to the Rev. Richard Lockett Jr. ...more

February 16, 2008

The word of God isn't a black thing or a white thing; it's a blanket that wraps around us all, according to the Rev. Richard Lockett Jr. ...more

February 14, 2008

If you plan to rent an apartment in Tampa Bay area, you soon may have more options, but you'll have to fork over more money in rent, two area apartment builders said Wednesday at the International Builders' Show in Orlando. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - As he awaits sentencing for one scheme in Tampa, convicted con artist Jordan Gann has emerged as a suspect in an almost identical case in St. Petersburg. ...more

February 6, 2008

A man police accused of being a con artist pleaded guilty to a felony grand theft charge Tuesday, admitting he had stolen $750 from a Bay area woman while claiming to be a doctor. ...more

January 9, 2008

TAMPA - A man police accused of being a con artist pleaded guilty to a felony grand theft charge today, admitting he had stolen $750 from a Bay area woman while purporting to be a doctor. Jordan Gann, 27, of Methuen, Mass., will remain in custody at Orient Road Jail until his sentencing March 7. ...more

January 8, 2008