The Plant City office of the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser will close at 1 p.m. Friday so the office can be relocated across the street. The new address will be 307 Michigan Ave. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday. ...more

December 9, 2009

Hat World acquires Tampa's Sports Fan-Attic Nashville-based Genesco Inc. said its Hat World subsidiary acquired Tampa-based Sports Fan-Attic, a retailer of licensed sports headwear and apparel with 37 stores in seven states, and revenue of approximately $30 million. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...more

November 5, 2009

City Councilman Joseph Caetano's financial woes continue to escalate. The bank that holds the mortgage to a condo he owns in Equestrian Parc Highwoods Preserve has begun foreclosure proceedings on the property, seeking about $140,000 from the New Tampa councilman, including the loan principal and unpaid interest. ...more

March 19, 2009

City Councilman Joseph Caetano's financial woes continue to escalate. ...more

March 18, 2009

The rapid rate of foreclosures in Florida is starting to change the way county property appraisers do business, and the result could mean a change in home values and property tax bills next year. ...more

December 10, 2008

The rapid rate of foreclosures in Florida is starting to change the way county property appraisers do business, and the result could mean a change in home values and property tax bills next year. The long-held wisdom of county appraisers was to ignore foreclosures when setting property values. But that's all about to change, according to Rob Turner, Hillsborough County property appraiser. ...more

December 9, 2008

3:03 p.m.: Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner is in the midst of a final push to get out the vote. He is visiting voting precincts from one end of the county to the other. ...more

November 4, 2008

West Coast 'Lite' Regarding "Clean Florida's Air with New Rules" (Our Opinion, Oct. 24): ...more

November 2, 2008

A Tampa home was badly damaged by a fire this morning. Residents managed to get out of a burning two-story single-family house at 308 W. Francis Ave., said Capt. Bill Wade of Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

October 31, 2008

Reginald Lee Mitchell set an Aug. 29 fire that caused $35,000 in damage to an occupied Tampa home, Tampa Fire Rescue says. ...more

September 9, 2008