Pasco County commissioners Tuesday gave County Administrator John Gallagher greater authority to act alone on behalf of the county in the wake of natural disasters and other sudden emergencies. ...more

December 16, 2009

Alongside the daily grind of armed robberies, missing persons and domestic violence calls, add a case of tree poisoning to the plate of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say that sometime between August and September someone came onto private property on Pheasant Drive in Mulberry, drilled holes in several trees and plugged the holes with something. ...more

December 3, 2009

An 82-year-old woman suffered a gash in her leg today after being struck by a golf cart in Sun City Center, officials said. Barbara Elliott also might have a broken ankle, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

April 22, 2009

A man arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer had all charges dropped against him. ...more

April 11, 2009

A 26-year-old woman accidentally drove into a Riverview apartment building this morning, striking a natural gas line, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 25, 2009

Motorists making their way north into Brooksville will want to be on their best behavior starting as early as this week. ...more

March 18, 2009

They sprout from the ground every election, turning grass plots lining the city's sidewalks, roads and rights of way into a landscape of political pulpits. ...more

February 26, 2009

They sprout from the ground during every election, turning grass plots lining the city's sidewalks, roads and right-of-ways into a landscape of political pulpits. ...more

February 25, 2009

Heavy groundwater pumping to irrigate crops during recent cold snaps might be to blame for a half-dozen recent sinkholes that have closed roads in the Plant City area, Hillsborough County officials say. ...more

February 11, 2009

The already stormy sea that has engulfed the Hernando Beach channel project got rockier Wednesday. ...more

January 29, 2009