The women gathered in the kitchen, enjoying brie and chocolate tortes as they told stories about their high school rings and pieces of jewelry given to them by ex-husbands and boyfriends. But they weren't just reminiscing for old times' sake. ...more

March 21, 2009

Brad Cooper Gallery in Ybor City is exhibiting a selection of oil paintings, brush and ink paintings, and watercolors by William Pachner through March 7. ...more

February 25, 2009

Clearwater police are looking for a man they say robbed a jewelry store about 4:30 p.m. today. ...more

December 17, 2008

The customer who entered Hien Nguyen's St. Petersburg jewelry store a little before noon today was in a big rush. He picked up two white gold wedding bands, each encircled with three rows of diamonds, and hurried on his way. ...more

December 11, 2008

BRADENTON Authorities today are investigating the early morning burglary of a jewelry store and theft of an undetermined amount of jewels. Manatee County sheriff's deputies responded to the 5:48 a.m. alarm at the Gulf Coast Jewelers shop at 1403 57th Ave. W. in Bradenton to find broken glass all over. ...more

November 21, 2008

The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final party. ...more

September 6, 2008

John Nicolette is challenging incumbent County Commissioner Ted Schrader in the Aug. 26 Republican primary. The winner faces write-in candidate John Taylor. The Tampa Tribune asked Nicolette why he thinks he should be elected and what his priorities would be. ...more

August 17, 2008

Jeweler Gaston Marticorena, whose home in Dunedin is known as "The lair," has no use for modern design. ...more

August 2, 2008

Police today released surveillance video of two acts of thievery. ...more

July 30, 2008

Here is what has happened to some of the city's theaters: •The Capitol Theatre, which opened at Reynolds and Evers streets in the 1920s and closed in the 1960s, was remodeled into offices. ...more

June 28, 2008