In most parts of the country, cool-season flowering annuals provide late spring to midsummer color. But here in the Tampa Bay area, we can often enjoy these plants from late fall to early spring. ...more

November 8, 2009

PLANT CITY Here is a list of the winners from the Florida Strawberry Festival lamb jumping contest and lamb show. Hillsborough County students were eligible to participate if they were at least 6 years old and members of FFA or a youth agricultural organization. ...more

April 1, 2009

Cooling water that's been pooling in the Pacific Ocean since the end of December likely means drought conditions in Florida, especially around the Tampa Bay area, will worsen through the spring. ...more

January 27, 2009

Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday unveiled the highly anticipated 2010 Prius that gets an average of 50 miles to the gallon. That's a 4 mpg improvement over the current model, which already is the most fuel-efficient vehicle ranked by the Environmental Protection Agency. ...more

January 13, 2009

Architectural design is moving forward on the new law enforcement building for the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on George Boulevard. ...more

December 19, 2008

When visitors head to the state park, their sport utility vans, minivans -- even motorcycles -- haul in a mishmash of mud, chemicals and other mire that can ooze out of the parking lot and into the Hillsborough River. ...more

October 16, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. Most of the fields in eastern Hillsborough County have been fallow since late spring, when the sheets of black plastic were pulled up and burned, the neat rows flattened, the commercial berry gardens gone to weed. ...more

September 3, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. Most of the fields in eastern Hillsborough County have been fallow since late spring, when the sheets of black plastic were pulled up and burned, the neat rows flattened, the commercial berry gardens gone to weed. ...more

September 3, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Lake Denton Citizens Advisory Committee, appointed by the county commissioners in September 2006, will meet for the first time in four months on Aug. 19. ...more

August 5, 2008