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AVI-SPL was awarded a contract to provide audio visual and conferencing support for the Tampa Convention Center.

At JPMorgan Chase's annual shareholders' meeting in Tampa a year ago, the bank's CEO and chairman of the board, Jamie Dimon, was embarrassed when a close shareholder vote nearly stripped him of his chairman's job in the wake of the corporation's so-called "London Whale" trade loss, which ultimately cost Chase $6.2 billion.

Flash Flood Watch expires at 7:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 9:29 AM Kiamichi Christian Mission, OK The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced.

Pasco County officials are reporting some good news when it comes to the area's tax rolls.

Feldman Equities Inc. and Tower Realty Partners recently completed four leasing transactions at Wells Fargo Center in downtown Tampa.

UPDATE: The secretary of the Florida Lottery showed up in Zephyrhills on Monday, talking about what's next for the $590 million Powerball jackpot winner.

Cancer survivors and their families are invited to get fit during a free 12-week program at all Tampa YMCA branches , including the Brandon Family YMCA, at 3097 South Kingsway Road in Seffner; the Campo Family YMCA, at 3414 Culbreath Road; and the Plant City Family YMCA, at 1507 YMCA Place.

Roberta Bonoff, new owner of Creative Kidstuff, a toy store chain based in Minneapolis.

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Jackson Memorial in Miami and Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale.

Kids are invited to learn about Florida's past through archaeology and the clues left behind by ancient societies Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 N. Boulevard, Tampa.

Republicans on the Hillsborough County Commission have twice refused in the past two years to even discuss changing their district boundaries to make it easier for a Hispanic to win a seat.

It's been just more than a year since his bank, JPMorgan Chase, revealed a surprise trading loss that tarnished its usually stellar reputation in Washington and on Wall Street, and what a difference it has made.

Some time in the weekend's wee hours, as Saturday segued into Sunday, the pecuniary bombshell shaped like a Powerball landed about 300 yards from their adjacent porches.

UPDATE: The single winning ticket in Saturday night's Powerball drawing worth an estimated $590 million was sold at a Zephyrhills Publix.

Seminole Heights residents met with City of Tampa officials earlier this week t o talk plans for a neighborhood amenity they say is missing from the landscape: a dog park.

Hillsborough County deputies have arrested the parents of a 23-month-old boy left in an SUV for eight hours.

Gov. Rick "Let's get to work," "It's working," "Jobs, jobs, jobs" Scott has put the kibosh on a deal with Amazon that would have brought 2,500 jobs to the state.

St Pete City Council decided to fund only half of the $1.5 million requested for the next phase of the Lens Project.

Eloy Perez first spotted the bear in the backyard home at 2817 Broad Street W. after letting his dog outside.