When the Florida Department of Transportation staff outnumbers residents at a public hearing, it's a pretty good indicator that the road project will not be a controversial one. ...more

November 6, 2009

Give Hillsborough County Commissioners Al Higginbotham and Kevin White credit for trying to find a site for a homeless facility. ...more

October 23, 2009

Sachiyo Takada of Japan and Jim Bailey of the United States were the winners of the five-day International Shuffleboard Association's World Singles Tournament. ...more

October 22, 2009

Sachiyo Takada of Japan and Jim Bailey of the United States were the winners of the five-day International Shuffleboard Association's World Singles Tournament. ...more

October 21, 2009

A jury took 20 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man accused of attempting to run over at least five people with his car. ...more

October 21, 2009

An unidentified woman died tonight in a mobile home fire in Seffner, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. ...more

October 20, 2009

A man was stabbed in the chest on Monday night during an altercation in which he fired shots at his assailant, Tarpon Springs police said. The stab wounds inflicted on George Pattri, 49, were described as life-threatening, said Lt. Barbara Templeton of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. The man who reportedly assaulted him has not been identified. ...more

September 29, 2009

The city of Avon Park issued two precautionary boil water notices Wednesday due to a six-inch water main break as a result of a vehicle hitting a fire hydrant on Winthrop Street and a two-inch water main break on the west side of North Lake Avenue. ...more

September 10, 2009

An eighth person has died in an attack on a Georgia mobile home, police said Sunday. ...more

August 29, 2009

A man was robbed in his mobile home park this morning in Largo, but he gave chase, hanging onto the tailgate of the suspects' get-away vehicle before letting go, Largo police said. ...more

July 6, 2009