The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has awarded a contract to American Traffic Solutions of Scottsdale, Ariz., to install and operate red-light cameras at 10 busy intersections. The contract, approved by a committee of seven sheriff's deputies and officers, pays the company $47,500 to operate the cameras and send out citations with photos of the red-light infractions to the offending cars' registered owners. The company will own the cameras and sensor devices that trigger the photographs, and the county will lease the equipment as part of the deal, Sgt. Rob Rodriguez said. ...more

January 20, 2009

Authorities are searching for a suspect linked to a series of identity thefts in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

December 30, 2008

Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, has died. She was 85. ...more

December 12, 2008

State prosecutors dropped charges today against a Valrico man accused of taking sexually explicit pictures of a teenage girl. The action clears the way for federal officials to pursue the case. ...more

November 24, 2008

This image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 1963 Freedom March is among many photos from Life photo archives now available on Google Image Search at http://images.google.com/hosted/life. The collection includes photos and etchings produced and owned by Life and date to the 1750s. A small percentage of the photos were published. Google noted that about 20 percent of the collection is now online, and that it is working to get the entire collection of nearly 10 million photos posted. ...more

November 19, 2008

Send Us Your Photos, Comments See your photos and read your comments on the Northeast News & Tribune's FROM YOU page. ...more

November 19, 2008

TBO.com's Halloween Photo Contest has ended and the grand prize winner is Heather Castano of Valrico. Heather sent in photos of her 6-month-old son, Chase. ...more

November 12, 2008

TBO.com's Halloween Photo Contest has ended, and the grand-prize winner is Heather Castano of Valrico. ...more

November 12, 2008

TBO.com's Halloween Photo Contest has ended, and the grand-prize winner is Heather Castano of Valrico. She sent in photos of her 6-month-old son, Chase. ...more

November 12, 2008

For a limited time only. Get reprints of these great shots from Friday's game. ...more

November 10, 2008