Everybody jokes about how a committee is the place ideas go to die, a group that keeps minutes and wastes hours. ...more

November 17, 2009

The Hillsborough County Tourist Development Council tabled two issues Thursday until its February meeting. ...more

November 17, 2009

An advisory panel recommended Monday that the 12,800-acre Cone Ranch stay in public ownership forever and be managed under Hillsborough County's conservation lands program. ...more

November 17, 2009

Thank you to Susan Westley for her timely article ("Child's play," Views, Nov. 15). As a retired Hillsborough County teacher, I agree with her. Our primary-age children are being denied their rights as children. ...more

November 17, 2009

The parents who say their daughter was the victim of a sexual attack on a Walker Middle School bus earlier this year were not the only ones to make allegations about the incident, according to records. ...more

November 16, 2009

An advisory panel recommended today that the 12,800-acre Cone Ranch stay in public ownership forever, and be managed under Hillsborough County's conservation lands program. ...more

November 16, 2009

Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. The state Department of Transportation has been busy clearing acres of trees and other vegetation as it prepares to build two new off-ramps for traffic destined for State Road 56. ...more

November 16, 2009

Anyone know Christopher J. Vecchione of Tampa or Stephanie A. Mckee in Westchase? If so, you can tell them the government has something for them. ...more

November 15, 2009

Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. ...more

November 15, 2009

Berkeley Prep's Laura Jordan finished with an eighth-place medal in the 50 freestyle final at the Class 1A state meet. ...more

November 15, 2009