The New Tampa Chamber of Commerce will have back-to-back events next week. ...more

December 9, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported Nov. 12-18 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 247-8200. ...more

November 25, 2009

HOLIDAY FOOD SAMPLES: Whole Foods Market, 1548 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, will offer samples of holiday foods at the Holiday Ordering Table from noon to 6 p.m. through Nov. 21. Call (813) 874-9435. ...more

November 14, 2009

Hillsborough deputies have released the identity of a man fatally shot outside a Citgo gas station Wednesday night. He is Anthony J. Prather, 25, of Tampa. ...more

November 12, 2009

SHERIFF'S OFFICE This is a partial list of service calls reported Oct. 21-27 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 247-8200. 33592 Country Road 579/Main St, drug law violation, Oct. 22, 1:14 a.m. ...more

October 30, 2009

One fatality was reported Monday when a pygmy rattlesnake bit an 87-year-old woman on the hand. The final score: Cane-wielding octogenarian, 1: venomous snake, 0. ...more

August 10, 2009

A well-known Tampa musician has ventured into the restaurant business for a second time with a pub that has been around more than 25 years. Johnny G. Lyon of the Johnny G. Lyon Band, known as JGLB, has reopened The Proud Lion Pub, 124 W. Fletcher Ave, which he plans to be home base for the rock 'n' rollers. In addition to the music, the restaurant serves pizza, salads, chicken wings, sandwiches and lots of cold beer, wine and mixed drinks. ...more

March 30, 2009

Hillsborough County detectives are trying to track down a woman who used a stolen debit card to withdraw money from Washington Mutual Bank, 2802 E. Fletcher Ave., about 5:30 p.m. March 10. ...more

March 20, 2009

Sheriff's deputies arrested a 50-year-old man, accusing him of using a 17-year-old girl to commit prostitution. ...more

March 19, 2009

Here are a couple more letters on your experiences in Florida emergency rooms. Everyone seems to have his or her own tale. Instead of publishing more of them I'd prefer to hear possible solutions such as patient representatives to local urgent care centers. ...more

February 17, 2009