Tuesday will be the last chance for Pasco County residents to offer input on the county's budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year. ...more

September 20, 2008

A fire that started in a kitchen area of 14308 Hensel Lane in Avalon Village Apartments about 12:05 a.m. today displaced several people, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. No one was injured. ...more

September 3, 2008

Landfill Impact ...more

August 28, 2008

For the past several days, I've been reading about homeowners who are having a problem with abandoned homes and the overgrown yards they have to live with. ...more

August 23, 2008

BRADENTON – The mother of a 1-year-old girl was arrested Monday evening on a charge of child neglect after the infant was found wandering the street while the mother picked up another child at school. ...more

August 19, 2008

If Joe Maddon wanted to make anything clear Saturday, it was that he wasn't mad at B.J. Upton. ...more

August 17, 2008

Dear Abby: I work for a major lending company and have cleaned out foreclosed homes. Too many times, I find animals who have died from exposure or starved to death. ...more

August 10, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue is fighting a two-alarm fire at the Whisper Lake Condominiums, located near Huron Court and North Lake Drive, off of North Dale Mabry Highway. ...more

August 2, 2008

When Bill Jones got the call about the bull, he had no idea what he was in for."I thought maybe it was something that got hit in the road," Jones says. "All they told me was that it was 500 pounds." For the past three years, Jones has been driving a tow truck for Stepps Towing. Yesterday afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says it needed Jones' tow truck to cart off a bull it found off 59th Street in Tampa. ...more

July 31, 2008

It seems obvious: Children shouldn't be left alone in cars. Yet, parents and caregivers often find themselves doing just that as they run errands or try to avoid waking a child. Often, they forget the child is in the car. No one ever expects their child will die from it. Many are unaware they can go to jail for it. ...more

July 28, 2008