The parent company of Outback Steakhouse has chosen the president of Avon Products as its next chief executive officer. ...more

November 6, 2009

The Little League is finding ways to give back to the community. ...more

November 4, 2009

Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, a former executive of Avon Products, will become the next chief executive officer of Outback Steakhouse's parent company, and instantly becomes one of the Tampa Bay area's leading businesswomen. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Cory Lake Isles Community Development District's board of supervisors is studying options to fix a fountain and add traffic-calming devices at the gate leading to Cross Creek Boulevard. ...more

November 4, 2009

Locals who wax nostalgic about a department store that stood on State Road 60 for close to 50 years will be charmed by a new holiday ornament that depicts in 24-karat gold-plated a longtime landmark that closed in 2000. ...more

November 4, 2009

County Attorney Garth Coller expressed satisfaction Tuesday after county commissioners voted unanimously to give him a new one-year contract. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages other than English, an official said Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

When Julia Leck of Land O' Lakes celebrates her ninth birthday today, she'll be giving away her gifts and throwing in a few she bought herself to help children in need. The gifts that Julia receives at her birthday party this year will be donated to the children of the Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay, the local office of a national organization that posts photo and video exhibits of foster children in need of adoption ...more

October 24, 2009

The Board of Governors for Florida's 11 public universities named two men to the University of South Florida's board of trustees this week. ...more

October 24, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When Julia Leck of Land O' Lakes celebrates her ninth birthday today, she'll be giving away her gifts and throwing in a few she bought herself to help children in need. ...more

October 24, 2009