A company that was denied a permit to build a landfill near the Green Swamp is appealing the decision to an administrative law judge. ...more

March 4, 2009

Trash blanketed Seventh Avenue early Sunday morning, the last vestiges of a party that drew thousands of people to Ybor City for the annual Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade. ...more

February 16, 2009

As the city was reveling in the festivities of Super Bowl week, someone discarded an 18-month-old basenji mix at a Hillsborough County dump, and the dog almost immediately gave birth to seven puppies. ...more

February 6, 2009

As the city was reveling in the festivities of Super Bowl week, someone discarded an 18-month-old Basenji mix at a county dump that almost immediately gave birth to seven puppies. ...more

February 5, 2009

A South Florida man saw two unoccupied Tampa Police Department cruisers in Ybor City this morning and decided to put garbage, gravel and rocks on them, officers say. ...more

February 2, 2009

The girlfriend of a man who was fatally struck by a pickup as he took out the garbage is suing the truck's driver on a negligence claim. ...more

January 9, 2009

Nebraska Avenue looks like a garbage dump. Drive the stretch between Sligh and Fowler and count the number of second-hand stores, used tire shops and just plain piles of junk for sale. The stores along Nebraska are allowed to store their items outside 24 hours a day, seven days a week; it is, in essence, a 365-day yard sale. ...more

January 2, 2009

Regarding "Landfill a Good Deal for Pasco," (Other Views, Dec. 26) Bill Newton is only telling part of the story about the landfill proposed for Pasco County. The issue is not the need for a hi-tech way to dispose of garbage. The reason many of us oppose it is that the developers want to put the landfill close to the Green Swamp, which supplies all the water for the Hillsborough County watershed. ...more

December 31, 2008

PLANT CITY More than 40 students at Shiloh Charter School spent a day last month cleaning two local parks because they wanted to give back to their community. ...more

December 29, 2008

Local self-storage business is collecting blankets for the area's homeless. ...more

December 27, 2008