A Walt Disney World performer has died, four days after being injured in a Magic Kingdom show. ...more

August 12, 2009

Media Enterprises, the company that markets Mighty Putty, is making plans to eventually find a new pitchman to replace Billy Mays, who died June 28. ...more

August 7, 2009

Public transit ridership fell 6 percent in June to 974,054 passengers compared with a year ago, a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority report states. ...more

August 6, 2009

An Odessa woman was arrested on two counts of cruelty to animals after she left her dogs in a car during the heat of the day for at least 45 minutes, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 4, 2009

Eight Falkenburg Road Jail inmates have been tested for swine flu, but there are no confirmed cases of the illness within the jail, said Col. Jim Previtera of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Twenty-four inmates are in respiratory isolation for an array of reasons, from recent travel to Mexico to flulike symptoms to contact with people confirmed to have the swine flu. ...more

August 4, 2009

A man was shot in the leg during a confrontation at a bar this morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 1, 2009

Walt Disney World is raising the ticket prices for its theme parks. ...more

July 31, 2009

Seven inmates at the Pinellas County Jail have tested positive for swine flu, officials said Thursday. ...more

July 31, 2009

Firefighters have extinguished a fire that broke out on a boat at the Speckled Trout Marina this morning, Palm Harbor fire officials say. ...more

July 29, 2009

A JetBlue Airways flight carrying 140 passengers and crew members from Fort Lauderdale to New York landed safely about 8:20 p.m. today at Tampa International Airport after the pilot reported "an instrumentation problem." ...more

July 28, 2009