Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan fraud, a scheme which defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said this morning. ...more

July 28, 2008

For the early Seminole Indians, the sabal palm was an all-in-one home improvement store-supermarket-pharmacy. ...more

July 25, 2008

NEW TAMPA - The Hillsborough County school board is expected to appoint new principals Tuesday for Wharton High and Benito Middle schools. ...more

July 24, 2008

Florida's tomato growers enter each growing season knowing crops could be ruined by hurricanes, hail, pests or heavy rain. ...more

July 18, 2008

If the city of Tampa is considering lay-offs to cope with reduced tax revenues, Mayor Pam Iorio should be willing to ask police officers who live outside Hillsborough County to pay for the gas they use when driving their take-home cruisers beyond the county line. ...more

July 17, 2008

A woman accused of waiting more than hour to get her injured toddler to the hospital following a crash and police chase in Bradenton now faces charges of vehicular homicide. ...more

July 16, 2008

Florida's tomato growers enter each growing season knowing crops could be ruined by hurricanes, hail, pests or heavy rain. ...more

July 16, 2008