WMNF radio station manager Vicki Santa died today at St. Joseph's Hospital after battling cancer for almost a year, station officials said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Harris Armstrong was only 12, but he counted superstar athletes such as Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter among his friends. He had hung out with Michael Jordan, chatted with Tim Tebow and hit golf balls with Vinny Lecavalier. But none of that made him special. ...more

December 7, 2008

Get off your duff and help the Sincerely Santa program by taking part in North Tampa Jazzercise's Winter Showcase event today in Carrollwood and Dec. 13 in Lutz. ...more

December 6, 2008

Harris Armstrong, a 12-year-old golfing prodigy from Tampa, died Monday after a 14-month fight against cancer. ...more

December 4, 2008

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church will have a breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the church, 9724 Cross Creek Blvd. ...more

December 3, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008

Nichole Addessi and her boyfriend, Jesse Blankenbiller of Riverview, were at the Westfield Brandon mall by 5 a.m. today with their eyes on two items. "I know it's selfish, but we're shopping for ourselves," Addessi said as the couple stood in a long checkout line at Sears. "We got this great five-piece luggage set at JCPenney for $40, and now we're buying this DVD home theater system for $150." This is their first Black Friday shopping spree as a couple. ...more

November 28, 2008

The Tampa City Council on Thursday gave a tentative nod to Mayor Pam Iorio's plan to use $13.6 million in federal funding to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes - but not without criticizing the administration for keeping the council out of the loop. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Tampa City Council today gave a tentative nod to Mayor Pam Iorio's plan to use $13.6 million in federal funding to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes -- but not without criticizing the administration for keeping the council out of the loop. ...more

November 20, 2008

City officials unveiled plans Thursday to buy more than 100 foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

November 14, 2008