A nurse hired to provide round-the-clock care for a medically dependent 15-month-old left the child home alone while drinking and was arrested for having nearly four times the legal amount of alcohol in her blood, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 19, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009

People living in the heart of one of Pasco County's fastest-growing regions will soon know whether they'll need flood insurance. ...more

March 15, 2009

A body found yesterday along Interstate 75 in Ruskin has been positively identified as Enid Grace Hendricks, the 75-year-old English tourist who went missing for days, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 14, 2009

A British tourist who disappeared two days ago while visiting relatives in Ruskin was found dead along Interstate 75 on Friday morning, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

A British tourist who disappeared two days ago while visiting relatives in Ruskin was found dead along Interstate 75 this morning, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

March 13, 2009

People living in the heart of one of Pasco County's fastest-growing regions will soon know whether or not they'll need flood insurance. ...more

March 12, 2009

Former County Commissioner Brian Blair filed a libel lawsuit Wednesday against the opponent who ousted him in the November election, saying lies spread in the campaign exposed him to hatred, contempt and ridicule. ...more

March 12, 2009

A plane crash that killed three people July 17 at Vandenberg Airport was caused by the pilot's "improper decision to take off with a tailwind and his failure to maintain runway alignment during initial takeoff climb," a recently released report states. ...more

March 10, 2009