Besides leaving behind all her friends at Durant High School, Grace VanDeGrift says the hardest adjustment to moving to Ohio has been running in the mud. ...more

November 4, 2009

A well-known Tampa musician has ventured into the restaurant business for a second time with a pub that has been around more than 25 years. Johnny G. Lyon of the Johnny G. Lyon Band, known as JGLB, has reopened The Proud Lion Pub, 124 W. Fletcher Ave, which he plans to be home base for the rock 'n' rollers. In addition to the music, the restaurant serves pizza, salads, chicken wings, sandwiches and lots of cold beer, wine and mixed drinks. ...more

March 30, 2009

New restaurant is located at the former Lion's Club; features live music, drink and dinner specials, Sunday buffet. ...more

March 30, 2009

The first thing you notice when walking into Too Hotties Haircuts - well, the second thing if you're a typical guy - is the lack of the chemical smell that saturates places that do hair for women. ...more

December 24, 2008

OLDSMAR The first thing you notice when walking into Too Hotties Haircuts – well, the second thing if you're a typical guy – is the lack of the chemical smell that saturates places that do hair for women. That's because the clientele seldom gets perms or heavy-duty dye jobs. ...more

December 10, 2008

LORIDA — It has three bedrooms and two baths, but J.D. and Barbara Parker's new abode is far from being a run-of-the-mill home. Especially considering the 7,600-square-foot custom home, which overlooks Lake Istokpoga, has a full-service bar upstairs, a 45,000-kilowatt generator and some really interesting amenities in the workshop – a vertical tanning booth and a urinal with a flat-screen TV above it. ...more

May 18, 2008

There are plenty of seafood restaurants located on the water. Then there are those rare places that pull fish, shrimp and crabs out of the water, cook them and serve them to those same customers who watched them come off the boats 20 minutes earlier. ...more

January 21, 2008

It has been four years since Synergy Properties won the right to build an apartment complex on more than 7 acres owned by the city. ...more

December 15, 2007

In a scenario familiar to most of its users, a popular spot for seniors is beginning to show its age. ...more

November 28, 2007

Fans root for sports teams through their nicknames. They root for NASCAR drivers through their car numbers. ...more

September 19, 2007