Alleged victims continue to surface in the case of a Land O' Lakes man arrested last month and accused of running a scheme to defraud. ...more

March 20, 2010

When Hillsborough County Animal Services investigators received a tip about suspected animal abuse involving Ibbie Aldape, they recognized the name. ...more

February 11, 2010

When Hillsborough County Animal Services investigators received a tip about suspected animal abuse involving Ibbie Aldape, they recognized the name. In 2000, a judge ordered her to not keep any kind of animals again. The order came after investigators removed animals from her home for keeping them in poor conditions. Tampa police and Animal Services were tipped off about the conditions at Aldape's home by a worker from the Department of Children & Families. They were concerned about Aldape's 9-year-old son, who lives with her. He was out of the home Wednesday night. ...more

February 10, 2010

A pack of feral basenjis that was seized from a five-acre pasture in Wimauma a month ago is experiencing something new; something many may never have had in their lives: the kindness of human strangers. ...more

February 2, 2010

Tucked back off Webb Road, just north of Town N' Country Hospital in Hillsborough County, is a wooded area where people often illegally dump garbage. Piles of tiles litter the area. ...more

January 13, 2010

Technically, Christmas is over — all over our living room floor, that is. ...more

December 25, 2009

At the corner of East 26th Avenue and North Garrison Street in the Grant Park neighborhood, Carla Wilson doesn't like what she sees. Across the street, the vacant house in foreclosure is going downhill fast. ...more

December 18, 2009

Neighbor who called 911 had concealed weapons permit; former New York police officer ...more

November 18, 2009

University of Florida's outstanding linebacker Brandon Spikes apparently didn't like a Georgia running back in last Saturday's game. He decided to try to claw his eyes out during a tackle. He failed in that, thank goodness, but did succeed in getting a suspension for his deed. As far as suspensions go, though, he barely received a slap on the wrist. ...more

November 4, 2009

The "grapevine" is a wonderful instrument, quite similar to the telephone. You can get all kinds of information that you don't normally get anywhere else. For instance, I heard on the "grapevine" that they are going to cut county employees hours to save more money for other government pork jobs. ...more

April 29, 2009