The volatile economy has created positive and negative effects on travelers heading in and out of the Bay area and challenges for the area's mainstay tourism industry, which has more employees than any other sector. Here are some highlights. ...more

December 11, 2008

Strike up the band. Santa Claus is coming to town. The Plant City Christmas Parade, a community mainstay for a quarter-century, will wind its way through downtown on the evening of Dec. 5. ...more

November 19, 2008

The poor economy continued to slice into Florida's mainstay tourism industry as travel into the state declined by 3.2 percent to 19.8 million visitors, the state's tourism agency reported Monday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Lucky Dill Deli, a lunch mainstay for downtown denizens, was uncharacteristically dark this morning. Usually, kitchen help is busy preparing lunches and packaging catered meals. ...more

September 12, 2008

Durant suffered a big blow with the loss to graduation of its captain and team leader, but Austin DeVall and Ruben Garcia are ready to fill the void. ...more

September 4, 2008

If the new administration at Brooksville's Hernando High School has anything to say about it, the Hernando County Symphony Orchestra will continue performing at the school's auditorium. ...more

August 12, 2008

Playing bass for The Dave Matthews Band might seem like a great gig, what with the sold-out stadiums and hordes of adoring fans and what not. ...more

July 3, 2008

It wasn't until Will Quinlan's new album, "Navasota," was almost finished that he realized what it was about. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA – A day after a devastating fire, the owners of a World War II-era hardware store continued sorting through the charred wreckage in hopes of salvaging remnants of their business. ...more

June 9, 2008

A Sunday evening fire gutted Tampa Bay Hardware, the oldest hardware store in the city and a mainstay of the Seminole Heights neighborhood for decades. ...more

June 9, 2008