When Hillsborough County schools open in August, students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Tuesday. ...more

July 15, 2008

Jorge Roque endured life in the Kuwaiti desert as his Marine Corps unit waited for the signal that the war in Iraq had begun. He survived as friends died fighting their way into Baghdad. He witnessed the famous toppling of the city's statue of Saddam Hussein. ...more

July 4, 2008

Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Friday. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided today. The plan still needs a formal vote. ...more

June 6, 2008

Will spiraling gas prices impact your vacation plans? ...more

May 22, 2008

Hillsborough County School District officials are shaping new cell phone rules likely to ignite some fiery text messages among students. ...more

May 8, 2008

Authorities retrieved a single-engine plane from Old Tampa Bay on Monday afternoon, two days after it crashed, killing the pilot and the pilot's parents. ...more

January 14, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A recovery crew removed a single-engine plane from Old Tampa Bay this afternoon, two days after it crashed, killing a man and his parents. ...more

January 13, 2008

Sure Florida had a tough 2007. The housing market hit the skids. Insurance premiums rose out of sight. And the run-up in property taxes continued to sock new homebuyers. ...more

January 3, 2008

This was sent in by one of ourvolunteers and seems most appropriate for the holidays. A holiday message from your Humane Society of the Nature Coast, Inc. ...more

December 16, 2007