Ken Kroll, who greeted thousands of customers with a smile at Sobik's cafe in the Fred B. Karl County Center, died Tuesday, Hillsborough County employees said. ...more

June 24, 2009

The Seminole tribe is offering an instant $288 million and the promise of thousands of new jobs to state lawmakers reviewing the tribe's gambling compact. ...more

February 3, 2009

The Seminole tribe is dangling the promise of 45,000 jobs and the instant access to $288 million in front of lawmakers studying the gambling agreement Gov. Charlie Crist signed with the tribe. ...more

February 2, 2009

For years, "Two Minutes" for food was a slogan and pledge at Hill's Family Restaurant. ...more

January 24, 2009

Now that there are more people living in downtown Tampa, they need more places to eat. ...more

November 5, 2008

Joey's Place, a restaurant offering Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner, has opened in a historic downtown building. ...more

October 8, 2008

HERITAGE ISLES - The beleaguered golf course community has asked its management team from Saddlebrook Resort to give up control of Heritage Isles' money-losing restaurant. A year after Dempsey Resort Management Inc. reworked the menu and improved the food, the restaurant is losing more money than ever. DRMI closed the restaurant this month and is serving food and drinks from an outdoor tiki bar next to the community's pool through the summer. ...more

June 6, 2008

Construction has started on the Cypress Preserve Drive extension that will connect Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to Tampa Palms Boulevard. ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Construction has started on the Cypress Preserve Drive extension that will connect Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to Tampa Palms Boulevard. The 3,000-foot section connects two existing segments of the road. The southernmost segment ends at Compton Drive near the New Tampa Family YMCA. Another segment extends beyond Tampa Palms Boulevard, ending at the entrance to the Village of Whitehall. ...more

January 23, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - More than 300 people, ranging from heads of corporations to politicians to ordinary residents, will gather tonight to discuss a proposal to redevelop Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays since 1998. ...more

January 9, 2008