TAMPA -- Hillsborough County needs to quit talking about attracting high-paying jobs and start getting specific about what it will take to become an economic powerhouse, county commissioners said today. At their annual goal-setting meeting, several commissioners expressed frustration with vague notions such as visions and strategic goals that never move the county off dead center. ...more

December 11, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners saluted retired sheriff's Col. David M. Parrish Thursday as a visionary in modern and efficient corrections management. ...more

November 7, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners today saluted retired sheriff's Col. David M. Parrish today as a visionary in modern and efficient corrections management. ...more

November 6, 2008

In 1953, Hillsborough County sold a quarter acre of land on a dirt road to the Community Baptist Church for $100. ...more

August 21, 2008

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio is taking the lead and pushing hard to give Hillsborough voters a chance, finally, to say yes or no to a rail transit proposal. ...more

August 17, 2008

Riding a bus is going to get more expensive, and even nonriders might soon pay more to support Hillsborough County's transit agency. ...more

August 5, 2008

Hillsborough County's transit agency this morning voted to raise fares across the board and gave tentative backing to a property tax increase to pay for more buses and a long-range transit study. ...more

August 4, 2008

With gas costs higher than ever, city and county officials are looking for ways to save money on fuel. ...more

July 16, 2008

The scene is eerily familiar: a blond woman in the shower, a shadowy image approaching, the maniacal shrieking as the shower curtain rips open. Then the scream. ...more

June 29, 2008

It may be known formally as Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Station No. 24, but for Lutz residents, it's now "Uncle Pete's" fire station, too. ...more

June 28, 2008