LifeSouth will host a blood drive on Wednesday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Sam's Club Shopping Center, located at 13378 Cortez Blvd. The event theme is "Raiders of the Lost Artery" and LifeSouth invites donors to dodge the boulder, crack the whip and get in the chair to save a life. This crusade for blood donors is sponsored by Quiznos. ...more

May 13, 2008

Investigators today released a video that shows the explosion of small-engine repair shop Rapid Roy's. ...more

May 6, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced Monday that it would expand its discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and add several women's medications at a discount. It also said it would lower the price of more than 1,000 over-the-counter drugs. ...more

May 6, 2008

The Bonny Doon Garden Co., a flower kiosk here, had signs posted all around it last week for Valentine's Day, but the sales pitch wasn't just about romance. ...more

February 5, 2008

On the Democratic ballot: Joe Biden, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson. Richardson, Biden and Dodd dropped out after the ballot was set. ...more

January 14, 2008

While criminals in the northwest region of Hillsborough County made some headlines in 2007, efforts at crime prevention also were in the news, with a community policing patrol established in Westchase and a visit by Sheriff David Gee to Sickles High School to stress the importance of citizens helping deputies prevent crime. ...more

December 31, 2007

Marine Sgt. Scott Hinson was grateful that Sam's Club held his job open while he was in Iraq in 2004. But back home in Brandon, he felt strange driving a forklift, after manning a .50-caliber machine gun on a vehicle carrying troops in to battle. ...more

November 15, 2007

The outlook for the holiday shopping season grew bleaker Thursday after retailers announced disappointing October sales attributed to consumers' ongoing worries about housing and higher energy prices. ...more

November 9, 2007

Cargill Inc. said it is recalling more than 1 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the second time in less than a month that it voluntarily has recalled beef that may have been tainted. ...more

November 4, 2007

Sam's Club employees are seeing green. As participants in a pilot project, they are measuring their fossil fuel consumption and taking steps to make a difference. ...more

October 31, 2007