New weekend shopping figures on Wednesday offered more evidence confirming stores' modest start to the holiday shopping season. Online sales were stronger. ...more

December 3, 2009

Holiday shopping held steady through the weekend after retailers saw a huge crowd of bargain shoppers buying discounted flat-panel TVs and fleece jackets on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving Day shopping spree. ...more

December 1, 2009

Daytime low for Saturday in the mid 30s. ...more

November 25, 2009

The city's official Web site was disabled Tuesday because city employees forgot to renew the domain name for the home page. ...more

September 9, 2009

Florida has 1 million registered boats and other watercraft, and accident statistics are sobering. ...more

September 4, 2009

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer have left the state and are spending the holiday weekend in Florida. ...more

July 5, 2009

Liz Vreeland with Save Our Seabirds Inc. rescued a young pelican from the South Skyway Fishing Pier after the bird got caught on a fishing hook. Vreeland says the holiday weekend will be busy at the pier. She rescued 500 birds from fishing line accidents last year. ...more

July 4, 2009

Just in time for the holiday weekend, millions of baby floats are being recalled because the leg straps can tear, dumping a child into the water. ...more

July 3, 2009

Hillsborough County firefighters conducted water rescue drills this week in preparation for the busy July Fourth holiday weekend. The training, which was conducted off Little Harbor Pier in Ruskin, included plucking would-be victims from the rough waters of the Bay. There were also drills related to navigational techniques and search patterns. ...more

July 3, 2009

Sweetbay Supermarkets and Support Our Troops have teamed up to send coffee to soldiers serving overseas. ...more

July 3, 2009