For the seventh year in a row, the Krewe of the South Shore Marauders will take a break from their pillaging and plundering ways to help area high school students get into college. ...more

March 18, 2009

Last year, more than 2,300 people slathered on sunscreen, donned work gloves and sneakers and headed out to clean up 67,509 pounds of litter in Hillsborough County. ...more

March 18, 2009

A man booked into jail wearing an "I (heart) my marriage" T-shirt now is barred by a protective injunction from going near his wife and children, records show. ...more

March 17, 2009

Brush fires in Ruskin and Haines City kept Tampa Bay area firefighters busy on Sunday. A blaze in Ruskin that grew to 150 acres was contained by 10 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Bruce Delk said. ...more

March 16, 2009

A body found yesterday along Interstate 75 in Ruskin has been positively identified as Enid Grace Hendricks, the 75-year-old English tourist who went missing for days, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 14, 2009

A British tourist who disappeared two days ago while visiting relatives in Ruskin was found dead along Interstate 75 on Friday morning, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

March 14, 2009

It was 2004 and Florida's real estate market was sizzling. A 367-acre development in Ruskin promised a piece of paradise. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will host a migrant outreach workshop Saturday in Ruskin. ...more

March 13, 2009