The Rays are winning on the field and on the ledger — ticket, merchandise, and media sales are way up. But will it last? ...more

July 17, 2008

Pinellas County detectives have arrested two Largo teenagers they say committed an armed robbery outside a sports bar this week. ...more

July 11, 2008

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver is refinancing debt, considering taking on a financial partner and struggling to sell tickets and secure a stadium naming rights deal. Despite the problems, he wants to make one thing clear: His team is not for sale and is not going anywhere. ...more

July 11, 2008

The good days are over for the Rustic Grill, an upscale Zagat-rated restaurant that garnered accolades from across Southwest Florida. ...more

July 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

A year after community leaders hired a management team from Saddlebrook Resort to guide Heritage Isles' golf and restaurant operations out of the red, a national golf consultant has said they likely made the wrong choice. ...more

May 21, 2008

Luis and Edna Gonzalez spent Tuesday afternoon away from their popular Cuban restaurant, Tropical Breeze Cafe. ...more

February 20, 2008

Dean Del Riccio and Franja Eastling almost gave up on Ybor City for their Rock-n-Sports Bar & Grille. ...more

February 4, 2008

Thinking he had been released from jail legitimately, Michael Hess went back to the restaurant where he had worked and asked about getting his job back. ...more

January 13, 2008

Thank you Mayor George Hensley for opening words at the Orange Blossom shuffleboard tournament. Sebring's Orange Blossom Tournament was sponsored by Dell Realty and the Blue Crab Restaurant and Sports Bar. The people who made this happen, John Bushee, Tony Beckwith, Jim Edwards, Harold Miller, Jim Mondry, Don Rohman, George Rosema, Peter White and Carl Wile. These people worked in the cold outside from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days. ...more

January 8, 2008