The Greater St. Petersburg Area Awesome Original Second Time Arounders is one of 10 bands that will be marching in the 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. The 500-member band is expected to reach the "star" in front of Macy's at approximately 11 a.m. The parade will be broadcast live on NBC from 9 a.m. to noon. ...more

November 25, 2008

Hurricane Ike has not affected Florida's supply of fuel thus far, and no shortages have been reported, a state energy spokeswoman said this morning. ...more

September 12, 2008

Jabil Circuit Inc. will lay off 120 workers at its local facilities, company officials said today. ...more

September 11, 2008

Not long ago, it looked as if Morton Plant Mease North Bay Hospital was going to be left holding the short stick. Both it and Community Hospital of New Port Richey wanted to leave their longtime homes in New Port Richey for the booming Trinity area of southwestern Pasco County. State regulators approved the Community Hospital move but said no to North Bay. At the time, Trinity seemed to have unlimited growth potential, thanks to its rural atmosphere but proximity to jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. It was definitely seen as the place to be. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA - A switch feeding electricity to the Criminal Justice Center in Clearwater failed today, causing a power outage that lasted about six hours and interrupting court proceedings. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA - Intense thunderstorm activity in southern Pinellas County this evening dropped pea- to quarter-size hail, said Nick Petro, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. ...more

June 6, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays made their financial pitch for $100 million from Pinellas County on Tuesday, but it was clear that county commissioners had the home field advantage. ...more

May 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Tampa Bay Rays made their financial pitch for $100 million from Pinellas County on Tuesday, but it was clear that county commissioners had the home field advantage ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - The inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl will be played Dec. 20 at St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA -- The mood remains somber in the WTSP, Channel 10, newsroom, where employees are concerned about the station's longtime weatherman, Dick Fletcher, who remains in an intensive care unit at a St. Petersburg hospital after a stroke Monday. ...more

February 22, 2008