The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly beating that happened in north Tampa late Wednesday night. ...more

February 19, 2009

At a time when many business owners are taking pains to scale back and cut costs, brothers Costa and Sam Waez went to great expense to open their third restaurant, Acropolis Greek Taverna, set to open this weekend in a storefront previously occupied by Mojitos Grill in Winthrop Town Centre. ...more

February 19, 2009

Students at Van Buren Middle School got a different look at their neighborhoods - through the lens of a camera. ...more

February 18, 2009

The Brandon Family Support and Resource Center, a community partnership of the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, is offering free 2009 tax preparation and electronic filing for families with a combined annual income of $42,000 or less. ...more

February 13, 2009

Megan Marie Allen, a teacher at Cleveland Elementary School in Tampa, tonight received the honor of being the best teacher in Hillsborough County. ...more

February 9, 2009

The face of the neighborhood pawnshop is changing. Traditionally, they squatted on the poor sides of town, catering to the desperate and down-and-out, people who slink in with a piece of jewelry or a cheap stereo for needed cash. ...more

February 7, 2009

Some pawnshops around town are noticing a different clientele. They still are desperate, but they come in wearing designer clothes or toting Rolexes or multicarat diamond cufflinks, or even, at one North Tampa pawn shop, a Tiffany ring signifying that the wearer won a recent Super Bowl. Secrets between a guy and his pawnbroker sometimes stay secret, and Capital Pawn owner Joe Cacciatore won't say which player pawned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl ring from 2002-03, but he did say the eventual buyer traded it for a "suitcase full of money." ...more

February 6, 2009

Firefighters have brought a house fire under control this morning. They have reported no injuries. The alarm came in early today at 215 W. Seneca Ave, according to Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade. Units responded to the single-story house fire and have brought it under control, he said. ...more

February 6, 2009

Pen pal Sarah Sagrati and Alissia Casher found out about their similarities. ...more

February 4, 2009

NORTH TAMPA - Two Tampa men are accused of pistol-whipping a person and stealing his car this morning. Hillsborough County deputies have arrested 27-year-old Antonio Davis and 35-year-old Robert Forte Jr. Each was charged with carjacking, armed robbery and resisting arrest without violence. ...more

February 2, 2009