A rift has developed on Hillsborough County's Cone Ranch advisory committee over a meeting between county officials and a private group of investors who want to sell a large swath of the 12,800-acre, county-owned ranch. ...more

November 3, 2009

Investigators from Hillsborough County Animal Services charged a man and a woman today with felony animal cruelty, saying they failed to seek help for an injured dog. ...more

December 18, 2008

One minute, they would be clapping and stretching as part of a synchronized laughter chant. The next, they were prowling and crouching and roaring like lions, face-to-face and just inches apart. ...more

July 14, 2008

The Zaimaj family watched from their beach chairs as a loose circle of 20-plus strangers broke into loud laughter just a few yards away. ...more

July 13, 2008

The interactive laughter and role-playing, combined with an array of simple movements, results in an experience that's seriously healthy. ...more

July 3, 2008

TAMPA - Police are looking for a man they say offered candy bars to children at a city park, then offered to masturbate in front of them. ...more

May 12, 2008

The answers may lie within the black Converse shoes. A 62-year-old man told the Pasco County Sheriff's Office that someone broke in to his home early Sunday, and more than a dozen weapons, including a samurai sword and firearms, were stolen. ...more

February 19, 2008

A pool of 50 jurors and almost eight hours were needed, but a 10 person jury was in place by the end of the opening day of Steve Bartlett's trial. ...more

February 12, 2008

When Jim Graves first arrived at Brandon High in 1971, he had no clue he would be the catalyst that would help propel the Eagles into the record books. ...more

January 6, 2008

What appears to be happening with the cracks in the reservoir might not be due to sinkholes, but could it be a result of questionable quality of the soil cement that was used to construct the base? Why was $500,000 put in Tampa Bay Water's budget last year for 'maintenance' for the reservoir? Did someone know this was coming? Isn't taking $200,000 to 'fix' the reservoir going to diminish the regular maintenance money? Are these inflated costs or was there prior knowledge of defects? What is going on? ...more

September 10, 2007