This month marks the retirement of Stevie Brownlee, capping four decades as a teacher for Hillsborough County schools. ...more

June 15, 2009

It won't happen until November, but already Hillsborough County is putting out a call for any teen bands interested in participating in the 12th annual Teenage Battle of the Bands. ...more

April 29, 2009

Glazer Family Foundation presented grants totaling more than $15,000 to four nonprofit organizations during a March 9 luncheon and grant presentation at One Buccaneer Place. Representatives from Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, Dawn Center, Hemophilia Foundation of Greater Florida and Sydney's Angels for Autism attended the private luncheon and accepted checks presented by Darcie Glazer Kassewitz on behalf of the Glazer Family Foundation. ...more

April 1, 2009

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. ...more

March 24, 2009

A 7-year-old child is being airlifted to Tampa General Hospital this morning after being struck by a car in Dover, rescue officials said. ...more

February 27, 2009

PLANT CITY One of the nation's largest wireless carriers is adding another cell site in the Plant City area near Walden Lake. ...more

February 23, 2009

An open letter to all basketball coaches in this area: We attended many basketball games this season and the refereeing was terrible! We suggest that all of you get together before next season with whomever is in charge of the referees and tell them you thought their performance, or really their non-performance, was and is unacceptable. ...more

February 22, 2009

This is an open letter to the school board. I know you are trying to be fair and did the best you can with the budget but please do not cut high school and middle school athletics! They are so important to the kids, especially now. In a recession when many parents are laid off, there is usually more tension in the house. Playing sports can help save the day. As you know, the argument is that sports keep the kids off the street and out of trouble. Many pro athletes have said sports also kept them focused and helped them concentrate better in school. ...more

February 3, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy suffered minor injuries this morning in a head-on collision at Dover Road near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, deputies say. ...more

January 12, 2009

A man who was seen by witnesses sitting on the railroad track and drinking was struck and killed by a passing train Saturday night, authorities said. ...more

December 28, 2008