A St. Petersburg man was arrested Thursday, accused of taking a woman's Super Bowl tickets, ostensibly to sell them on her behalf, and then failing to return to her any money for them. Thomas Coelho, 40, of 555 Ninth Ave. N.E., was charged with scheme to defraud. Bail was set at $100,000. ...more

July 10, 2009

Repeal ridiculous sales tax exemptions? Never. Just cut the budget and reduce services. Lay off workers so they will not be able to pay their property taxes. Add more seniors to the waiting list for Meals on Wheels - they really don't need to eat much. Put 40 kids in a classroom so they can really get to know each other. ...more

April 2, 2009

Should some items be taxed, and others not? The Florida House of Representatives studied that issue last week to decide whether to levy sales taxes on rent, sports tickets, gym admissions, toll road charges, and hundreds of other goods. ...more

March 22, 2009

The 70,000 or so people who filled Raymond James Stadium were well behaved, authorities said. ...more

February 1, 2009

Less than a mile from the site of Sunday's big game, a group of area businesspeople experienced their own Super Bowl moment. ...more

January 31, 2009

Less than a mile from the site of Sunday's big game, a group of area businesspeople experienced their own Super Bowl moment. ...more

January 30, 2009

"I love Florida weather!" shouted Al Roker to more than 200 cheering spectators gathered in Centro Ybor this morning for a chance to meet him and get a few seconds of face time the "Today" show. Roker, in town as part of NBC's Super Bowl XLIII coverage, got a taste of Ybor City during several live reports from in front of a cigar store on Seventh Avenue. ...more

January 29, 2009

Troy Landrum is seeing red and loving it. For two depressing decades, the Valley of the Sun has served as a barren NFL outpost, and Landrum, a 44-year-old realtor, has sweated the details. ...more

January 25, 2009

Seventeen-hundred bucks for a football ticket isn't cheap, but in the exclusive province of the Super Bowl, this year's game may be a real bargain. ...more

January 25, 2009

It might not be necessary for visitors with Super Bowl tickets that cost from $500 to $1,000 to sell some to pay their hotel bills, but it could help. Hotel rooms remain available in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl weekend. But visitors can expect to pay the rack rate, the highest price a hotel lists for each room, or close to it, and book for at least three or four nights. ...more

January 20, 2009