A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Get ready to hear a lot more about sweet, tasty doughnuts. Sensing a shift in America's mood caused by the economy, Dunkin' Donuts is launching the biggest marketing push for doughnuts since the company's iconic 1979 campaign "Time To Make The Donuts." ...more

May 25, 2009

Sensing a shift in America's mood due to the economy, Dunkin' Donuts is launching the biggest marketing push for doughnuts since the company's iconic 1979 campaign "Time To Make The Donuts." ...more

May 22, 2009

As a breeze blows across the Peace River giving downtown Punta Gorda an early sense of spring, a buzz about baseball generates a surge of excitement. ...more

February 21, 2009

The man walked into Food Max Wednesday evening with a winning lottery ticket in hand, demanding $30. ...more

February 13, 2009

The man walked into Food Max Wednesday evening with a lottery ticket in hand, demanding $30. ...more

February 12, 2009

A 36-year-old Tampa man faces charges of armed robbery with a deadly weapon in connection with a robbery reported Saturday afternoon at Yasmin Food Store, 2409 E. Lake Ave., in which a clerk suffered lacerations to the face, head and hands, the Tampa Police Department reported. ...more

February 7, 2009

When three employees of a Domino's Pizza tried to stop Charles James Morgan from grabbing money from the cash register Saturday night, he pulled out a plastic BB gun and pointed it at them, Tampa police say. ...more

January 19, 2009

Automobile dealers are in a huge sales slump, a fact obvious to all observers. While there are many economic reasons for the lack of sales, there also is a self-inflicted one: Dealer fees running as high as $699 are unprecedented in any other area of our economy. Your shoes are not priced at $100 with a $10 "handling fee" added when you approach the cash register. ...more

January 11, 2009

He says he did it for drugs. Deputies say that's what Alexander Dennis Piller, 20, said Sunday night as they arrested him on charges of robbing the pizzeria he was fired from for being a no-show a couple of days earlier, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 7, 2009