Firefighters are at an auto body shop on North Florida Avenue after receiving reports of flames showing through the roof. Four Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units have been called to the one-alarm fire near Fowler and North Florida avenues. ...more

March 5, 2009

A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies are chasing two burglary suspects in the Lutz area. The suspects tried breaking into a home on Derby Glen Drive, but they were spotted and took off in a vehicle, deputies say. Deputies pursued them, but the suspects bailed out of their car after deputies deployed stop sticks. The suspects are being sought near 150th Street. ...more

March 4, 2009

TAMPA -- An orange bucket helped lead to the arrest of a man accused of robbing a Hess gas station, police said. Tampa police charged Samuel Marquez Colon, 19, of Tampa with felony armed robbery, felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief on Monday after a woman in a mobile-home park on North Central Avenue called police to report a suspicious-looking man, a report states. ...more

March 3, 2009

With unemployment rising, they and hundreds more out-of-work adults in Hillsborough County are swamping adult education classes to prepare for the General Educational Development test or to strengthen their English-speaking skills. ...more

February 27, 2009

As spring cleaning comes around this year, many people are looking to clear out their closets and make a few dollars in the process. ...more

February 27, 2009

A man once convicted of vehicular homicide has been arrested on drug charges. Hillsborough County deputies arrested Corbin Legiles Nottingham at 10:50 p.m. Sunday. The 20-year-old Tampa man was arrested at 23rd Street and 138th Avenue and charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell, possession of crack cocaine, and obstructing or opposing an officer without violence. He also was charged with violating probation on the vehicular homicide conviction. ...more

February 9, 2009

A security guard for the city's Parks and Recreation Department has been suspended without pay after police arrested him on a drug-trafficking charge, officials said. ...more

January 28, 2009

The city council on Thursday granted permission for a high-end movie theater in Hyde Park to offer cocktails with food and movies. ...more

January 23, 2009

HISTORIC HYDE PARK - The Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association is hosting a meeting Thursday to review plans for Bern's Park. "It's been a long delay, but I think things are going to start happening soon," said association President Rosemary Henderson. ...more

January 20, 2009