Students from Dowdell Middle Magnet School got a lesson in environmental stewardship Nov. 3 when they teamed up with Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful to help keep dangerous fishing line out of our waterways. ...more

November 11, 2009

An 11-year-old boy hit by a car Sunday has died, St. Petersburg police said in a news release. Ricky Little was taken off life support Wednesday after being declared brain dead. The boy was with friends along the south side of 62nd Avenue South when a tennis ball they were playing with bounced into a nearby park, according to the news release. He chased after the ball. As he was crossing the street to come back, he waited for one car to pass, but ran into the path of an oncoming Chrysler Pacifica. ...more

April 16, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down today between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 27, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down Friday between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 26, 2009

Tampa police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives brought their bomb-detecting dogs to the NFL Experience this morning to demonstrate how the dogs will check for explosives over the next week. ...more

January 23, 2009

Shoppers struggling to lose weight or eat healthier often have a problem with portion control, says Barbara Roberts, a nutritionist with the Hillsborough County Healthy Department. From fruits and veggies to packaged foods, supersized portions are everywhere. Americans tend to ignore the nutritional information on the package and instead let their eyes decide how much is "just right." Don't believe us? Look at these examples: ...more

November 8, 2008

The Brooksville Police Department's first K-9 unit in more than a decade is officially on patrol. ...more

October 13, 2008

Tampa Police Chief Stephen Hogue and his department brought an amphibious tank, a police horse and two canine units to Heritage Isles' third annual National Night Out on Aug. 5, but they had a hard time upstaging the balloon man. ...more

August 13, 2008

Today, a tennis ball commands Koda's full attention. In a couple of months, Brooksville police hope it will be a kilo of cocaine. ...more

July 22, 2008

Drug dealers to pay for new drug dog. ...more

July 22, 2008