After months of planning and going through the process of approval this year, VISTA Gardens is one step closer to breaking ground. ...more

December 30, 2009

A book has been mailed back to an Ohio library after six decades, accompanied by an anonymous letter of remorse. ...more

December 9, 2009

Pow! Kablooey! "Looks like it might be over, Batman!" DC Comics has filed notice that it is withdrawing its federal lawsuit brought in July against a Bradenton man who made figurines of characters from the 1960s "Batman" television series. ...more

September 22, 2009

More than 70 firefighter candidates navigated the physical agility test ...more

June 23, 2009

Two very responsible adults and an I-don't-care chair inhabit my house. The adults bring home the bacon, clean, cook and pay bills, while the chair controls the peace, calm and energy of its fellow occupants. ...more

January 28, 2009

The dust has barely settled from the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce's second annual Holiday Festival in the Park, but organizers already are setting plans for next year. ...more

December 17, 2008

Carmen Fernandez can remember living in Key West when it was an island with no bridge connecting it to the rest of Florida. ...more

December 10, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay and confusion over school bus transportation may have left some Hillsborough County classroom seats empty Monday. ...more

August 19, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 2008