Hillsborough County deputies will give families at Westfield Brandon Mall a free computer flash drive today so recipients can store family photos on them. ...more

August 22, 2009

dump truck struck a station wagon on Keystone Road in Tarpon Springs this morning, seriously injuring some occupants in the station wagon, police said. ...more

August 20, 2009

With Hillsborough and Pinellas counties reporting pedestrian fatality rates higher than the national average, the Florida Department of Transportation today is launching a "Stop and Look" campaign for drivers and pedestrians. "The Stop and Look safety campaign will encourage pedestrians to be predictable to motorists and for motorists to drive alert and share the road," department District 7 Secretary of Transportation Don Skelton said in a news release. ...more

August 20, 2009

One fatality was reported Monday when a pygmy rattlesnake bit an 87-year-old woman on the hand. The final score: Cane-wielding octogenarian, 1: venomous snake, 0. ...more

August 10, 2009

A reservist from the Army Reserve Center in Pinellas Park spotted a possible explosive device this morning while jogging along Grand Avenue just south of the center, but investigators have since determined it wasn't a threat, police say. The roughly 8-inch metal pipe had wires and green tape, a Pinellas Park Police Department news release states. ...more

August 10, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce 2009 Miss Central Pasco Scholarship Pageant will be Sept. 19. ...more

August 9, 2009

A 30-year-old woman was charged with second-degree murder today after she shot her boyfriend, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2009

A central heat and air system will be installed at the Humane Society of the Nature Coast's shelter with $10,000 won in a national contest. ...more

July 31, 2009

Two men in Hillsborough and one in Hernando have died from swine flu, the first reported deaths attributed to the virus in both counties. ...more

July 23, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's detectives have identified a man found mortally wounded and unconscious in his car Tuesday on railroad tracks in Zephyrhills, and they say they are looking for a suspect in the homicide. ...more

July 16, 2009