FORT MEADE - Firefighters have contained a 10-acre brush fire off District Line Road and State Road 60 in south-central Polk County, a fire services spokeswoman said. ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA - An illegal immigrant from Mexico was sentenced to the maximum 30 years in prison this morning for leaving the scene of a December 2006 accident that killed a 4-year-old boy and his great-uncle as they tried to cross the Courtney Campbell Parkway. ...more

February 8, 2008

The offensive struggles Tampa Bay Tech experienced against Freedom in last week's Class 5A-District 8 final appeared again. This time, they made the Titans disappear from the regional quarterfinals. ...more

February 8, 2008

BRANDON – Una joven de 18 años murió de las heridas sufridas en un accidente en la Heather Lakes Boulevard y Lumsden Road en miércoles en la noche, dijo la Oficina Alguaciles del Condado de Hillsborough. ...more

February 7, 2008

BRANDON - An 18-year-old woman died from injuries suffered in an accident at Heather Lakes Boulevard and Lumsden Road on Wednesday night, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 6, 2008

ARCADIA — In Julie Lamb's first at-bat of the season, she was hit by a pitch. Her next time at the plate, she was the one doing the hitting. Lamb smacked a grand-slam in the first inning on Tuesday and the Avon Park softball team got a solid outing in the circle from Ashton Shirey as the Red Devils opened up their season with a 17-0 thumping of Hardee in the DeSoto softball tournament. ...more

January 31, 2008

After Tampa Bay Tech and Bloomingdale split their two meetings last month, the top two girls basketball teams in Hillsborough County met again in a Class 5A-District 8 game. ...more

January 14, 2008

SARASOTA - A home health aide wrote herself $52,689 in checks last year out of an elderly couple's bank account, the Saraosta Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 14, 2008

LARGO – Dos empleados de la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Pinellas fueron objeto de una medida disciplinaria por violar una política de la agencia de no cometer adulterio. Esta es la primera vez que se pone en práctica desde que el alguacil de Pinellas, Jim Coats, implantó esta prohibición especial hace dos años. ...more

December 28, 2007

After not making much noise the past couple of years, the Tampa Bay Tech girls basketball team is rolling. ...more

December 13, 2007