Reginald Lee Mitchell set an Aug. 29 fire that caused $35,000 damage to an occupied Tampa home, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. Investigators arrested Mitchell on Sunday afternoon. He was charged with first-degree arson. ...more

September 8, 2008

Larry Rogers complained to his Rotary group that the assessed values of his home and another property he owns rose, although voters passed Amendment One. ...more

September 3, 2008

Turnout in today's primary is expected to be low even though an unusually large array of local Sarasota offices are on the ballot. ...more

August 26, 2008

Starting Monday, the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser's Office will begin mailing out 506,000 property tax notices. ...more

August 15, 2008

Joe Pimenta and Marzell Brown stood outside College Hill Branch Library just before 10 a.m. Monday, waiting for the doors to open so they could vote in the Aug. 26 primary election. ...more

August 12, 2008

Early voting for the primary elections begins today, and if past years are any indication, many will head to the polls over the next two weeks rather than vote on Election Day. Hillsborough County voters casting their primary election ballot early increased 102 percent from 2004 to 2006. ...more

August 11, 2008

One man has spent years deciding the values of other people's property. The other still feels the sting of being denied an agricultural exemption. ...more

August 8, 2008

In the Republican primary for Hillsborough County property appraiser, incumbent Rob Turner is being challenged by James Robert Townsend, a Plant City resident and technician at the Hardee Power Station. ...more

August 6, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners set a preliminary property tax rate of 10.8110 mills this week for residents living in unincorporated areas. ...more

August 1, 2008

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson will save nearly $11,000 on his 2008 property taxes, thanks to the seven cows and four calves grazing on his land near Plant City. ...more

June 28, 2008