Authorities say two British visitors were killed in Fort Lauderdale when a Porsche believed to have been in an illegal street race jumped a curb and plowed into them. ...more

February 15, 2009

The face of the neighborhood pawnshop is changing. Traditionally, they squatted on the poor sides of town, catering to the desperate and down-and-out, people who slink in with a piece of jewelry or a cheap stereo for needed cash. ...more

February 7, 2009

Some pawnshops around town are noticing a different clientele. They still are desperate, but they come in wearing designer clothes or toting Rolexes or multicarat diamond cufflinks, or even, at one North Tampa pawn shop, a Tiffany ring signifying that the wearer won a recent Super Bowl. Secrets between a guy and his pawnbroker sometimes stay secret, and Capital Pawn owner Joe Cacciatore won't say which player pawned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl ring from 2002-03, but he did say the eventual buyer traded it for a "suitcase full of money." ...more

February 6, 2009

Despite an airline strategy to eliminate flights and use smaller aircraft, airfare bargains continue to abound. ...more

February 6, 2009

Despite an airline strategy to eliminate flights and use smaller aircraft, air fare bargains continue to abound. ...more

February 5, 2009

Twelve year old Amanda Poyot has been singing since she could talk. ...more

February 3, 2009

Residents in one southwest Florida county will get a phone call when a sex offender moves into the neighborhood. ...more

February 1, 2009

If you're planning a trip to Jamaica, your choices of where to fly out of just got smaller. Air Jamaica is eliminating service at Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Grand Cayman and trimming its fleet of Airbus A321 and A321 jets from 13 to nine, the government-controlled airline said in a release on its website. ...more

January 29, 2009

Most years, Tampa-based ExecuJet Charter Services Inc. gets a business boost from flying local residents to the Super Bowl, but this year is different with the game in Tampa on Sunday. ExecuJet , which was founded in 1994 at St. Petersburg–Clearwater International Airport and moved to Tampa International Jet Center at the Tampa International Airport in 2006, has a plan to possibly capitalize on corporate jet passengers in a hurry to get home after the game. ...more

January 29, 2009

Construction workers have begun breaking through the dirt and pouring cement at the future site of the Shoppes at Avalon. ...more

January 25, 2009