A Zephyrhills man with two children in his car fled a traffic stop this morning before crashing and trying to escape into the chilly Hillsborough River, Tampa police say. An officer jumped in to save Craig Kendrick, 34, and Kendrick was arrested shortly after midnight. ...more

December 21, 2009

A small plane crashed in eastern Hillsborough County on Sunday, killing two people. ...more

November 30, 2009

There's a new sense of optimism around King High School's boys soccer program, thanks in no small part to the player whose vision helped the team to an impressive start this season. ...more

November 25, 2009

A woman perusing Craig's List last week spotted her stolen bicycle for sale, authorities said. ...more

October 12, 2009

Farmers will take a bow 7:30 a.m. Aug. 12 at Plant City's annual Salute to Agriculture breakfast. ...more

July 27, 2009

A teenager saved his family, their visitors and a dog from a fire that destroyed a Lutz home this morning, officials say. ...more

July 15, 2009

Those who fear a national ID card either have something to hide or have been reading "1984" again. ...more

July 10, 2009

Bundaleer, a 10-year-old Queensland koala, took the grand opening of his exhibit in stride. ...more

June 30, 2009

In view of all the problems we have had with the Hillsborough elections' office, and the fact that Supervisor Phyllis Busansky was well on her way to straightening out the mess, doesn't it make sense for Gov. Charlie Crist to leave politics out of the temporary appointment? He should name Craig Latimer, her chief of staff, as interim supervisor until the 2010 election. He knows what is going on and will follow the direction Phyllis was headed until her death last week. ...more

June 28, 2009

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky was found dead today in a St. Augustine hotel room, sheriff's officials in St. Johns County said. She was 72. Busansky was found unresponsive in her room at the Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village, where a conference of Florida's elections supervisors was held. ...more

June 23, 2009