Just odds and ends this week, folks. There's a hodgepodge of opportunities to help the community and your business. ...more

October 21, 2009

The director of the Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg says the museum will likely increase security in the wake of a shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum. ...more

June 10, 2009

Another Bartlett brother recently became an Eagle Scout. Will Bartlett, of Troop 22 in South Tampa, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor ceremony at Hyde Park United Methodist Church. His brother John, a sophomore at the University of Florida, achieved the rank of Eagle in February 2005. Their younger brother, Bryan, a fifth-grade Webelo with Pack 22, just moved up to Boy Scouts. Bryan's goal is to become an Eagle Scout like his brothers. ...more

April 8, 2009

Detectives today went door to door searching for clues and warning neighbors about a robber on the loose with a history of violence after a weekend home invasion. The attack happened in the middle of the day Saturday on Bougainvillea Street, west of U.S. 41, in an area known as the Southside Flower District. ...more

March 10, 2009

As predicted, the nation's economic malaise took its toll on corporate aircraft travel to Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, when 220 corporate planes used Tampa International Airport compared with about 420 for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa in 2001. ...more

February 12, 2009

The traffic in and around Raymond James will be heavy before, during and after today's Super Bowl. ...more

February 1, 2009

Security will be so thorough that Raymond James Stadium will be the safest place in the country on Super Bowl Sunday, an NFL security representative said. ...more

January 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. intelligence officials have found no credible threat of terrorist attacks at the Super Bowl scheduled Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla., but they are still raising security concerns. ...more

January 14, 2009

PLANT CITY -- Security will be so thorough that Raymond James Stadium will be the safest place in the country on Super Bowl Sunday, an NFL security representative said today. Dan Grossi, a retired Tampa police officer who works for the National Football League's security division, said the NFL and local, state and federal officers have worked for months to come up with a plan to keep the game safe. Grossi was featured speaker at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. ...more

January 14, 2009

A woman wearing an explosive belt packed with ball bearings blew herself up in Baghdad near one of Iraq's most sacred Shiite shrines, killing as many as 40 other people and wounding scores more in a devastating attack that shattered festive celebrations ahead of one of Shiite Islam's holiest days. ...more

January 5, 2009