TAMPA - Tampa International Airport might seem like an unlikely venue to open a restaurant themed on the Hall of Fame golf career of Slammin' Sammy Snead, whose game was at its peak from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. But the strong golf-oriented demographics of residents and visitors to Tampa Bay laid the groundwork for the latest Sam Snead's Grill & Tavern, which opened at the airport last week. ...more

July 9, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. finished restoring power Monday to 600 customers still without electricity after Sunday's violent storms. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Tampa International Airport ranked fourth nationwide in on-time departure performance and seventh in on-time arrival performance in May, U.S. Department of Transportation data released Monday showed. ...more

July 7, 2008

TAMPA - A car drove through the front of an Einstein Bros. Bagels Friday morning in Tampa. ...more

July 4, 2008

TAMPA - Tampa police are searching for a suspect in Wednesday's robbery of a Regions Bank. A man entered the bank, 4701 N. Armenia Ave., about 10 a.m., approaching the teller with money in hand, police say. Then he told the teller he was robbing the bank. He demanded money and left with cash. ...more

July 3, 2008

TAMPA - Tampa Electric Co. has restored power to about 1,000 Davis Islands customers, spokesman Rick Morera said. The customers lost power about 11:50 p.m., Morera said. ...more

July 2, 2008

Tampa Bay Water estimates there are now between 200 and 300 cracks in the soil cement lining the interior walls of its 3-year-old Hillsborough County reservoir. But that's not the extent of the problems. ...more

July 1, 2008

Tampa Bay left tackle Donald Penn was probably one of the few players disappointed about his team's decision to call off its final minicamp practice Thursday. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA Tampa police are investigating a shooting this morning in the area of Copeland Park, near Fowler and 15th St. ...more

June 15, 2008

Tampa is getting with the green movement. On Thursday, the city council unanimously gave its preliminary approval to an ordinance that offers incentives to developers that build environmentally friendly buildings. The ordinance also requires new city buildings to be constructed according to green standards, following a policy Mayor Pam Iorio set forward several weeks ago. ...more

June 13, 2008