TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008

A man wearing black paint on his face as well as a black wig, fake mustache and beard took money from a Brandon bank today, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 7, 2008

It might have been accidental; it might be a crime. But whatever it was, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Someone dumped roofing nails on 19th Avenue Northwest near the entrance of E.G. Simmons Park early Sunday morning, said park ranger Paul Calderoni. ...more

November 3, 2008

A 25-year-old St. Petersburg woman died this morning in a high-speed crash in Ruskin, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 31, 2008

As Tropical Storm Nana weakened today, another tropical depression formed in the Caribbean Sea and forecasters expect it to become the season's next hurricane. ...more

October 13, 2008

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are watching a pair of tropical waves, one in the Caribbean Sea another in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

October 12, 2008

Boaters hemmed in by silted-up canals can learn what it might cost them to clear a path to Tampa Bay. Hillsborough County engineers will host a second informational meeting on a coastal canal dredging ordinance at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Lennard High School. ...more

September 30, 2008

The Hyundai Hope on Wheels Tour made a stop at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently to present a $40,000 check for pediatric cancer research. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Hyundai Hope on Wheels Tour made a stop at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently to present a $40,000 check for pediatric cancer research. The funds will support the research of the appointed Hyundai scholar, pediatric oncologist Tung Wynn. ...more

September 24, 2008

A construction worker was struck and killed while setting up signs on a remote stretch of U.S. 98 in northwest Polk County on Monday night, investigators said. ...more

September 23, 2008