Corey Steen committed child abuse, impregnating a girl, investigators say. ...more

January 12, 2009

Hillsborough County engineers recently paid a visit to a meeting of the Balm Civic Association to discuss what many feel is the most dangerous intersection in the area. The confluence in question is where County Road 672, Balm-Boyette Road, Shelley Lane and Balm-Wimauma Road meet. Michael McCarthy, traffic division director for the county's Public Works Department, attended the Sept. 22 meeting along with traffic services engineer Remy Ogunsola and Scott Friedman, who presented a road safety audit of the intersection. ...more

September 26, 2008

It had been more than four months since Judy O'Steen had been able to drive her golf cart. ...more

July 16, 2008

Seven years ago, Marcella and Kermit O'Steen fled Hyde Park and headed 20 miles east to Balm, snuggling back into their rural roots. ...more

November 17, 2007

In a modest country home, tucked down a dirt lane far from the city bustle, Marcella O'Steen harbors a morgue of county documents, zoning maps and speech drafts. ...more

November 17, 2007

They came from Riverview, Brandon, Lithia and all points south, filling a large meeting room and spilling outside to vent frustration over a long-range plan for roads they said worried more about the projected residents of tomorrow than people living here today. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - A well-heeled crowd of developers and land-use lawyers arrived at the Pepin Hospitality Centre for an early-morning debate today just before 7:30 a.m. A foursome greeted them with a decidedly more late-night bent to their attire. ...more

September 11, 2007