The smell of cookies wafted through the air Tuesday at Gulfside Regional Hospice offices as volunteers packaged cookies for Gulfside patients. ...more

December 13, 2008

The county has extended the deadline for the "I Voted" sticker contest until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. ...more

November 11, 2008

The deadline for the Hernando County "I Voted" sticker contest is 5 p.m. today. ...more

November 7, 2008

A sewage leak has health officials warning residents along the Bay Crest Canals south of Hillsborough Avenue and west of Memorial Highway to avoid contact with the water for the next few days. ...more

November 1, 2008

Other counties are joining Pinellas in letting voters who fail Florida's "no match, no vote" test to confirm their identities at the polls and cast regular ballots on Election Day. ...more

October 23, 2008

Along with dusty family heirlooms, mattresses and furniture, self-storage units are serving as homes for a growing number of homeless people. It's not a widespread practice, but there are more people renting space and sneaking in at some storage units around Hillsborough County. There's no plumbing, and it's strictly against a myriad of rules, but people without homes are finding the rent cheap and accommodations safer than on the streets. ...more

September 19, 2008

The Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Office might have used a star on a sign in front of the county courthouse to mark how many voters showed up for Tuesday's primary, but officials never expected the turnout to be stellar. ...more

August 28, 2008

There will soon be a new way to tune into local government. County commission meetings will be streamed live on the Web now that the commission has agreed to share the cost of new software, hardware and training to make it happen. ...more

August 20, 2008

In the race for the District 2 Pasco School Board there is no shortage of qualified candidates to fill the seat of 16-year board member Marge Whaley, who chose not to run for re-election. ...more

August 16, 2008

Video archive of meetings would be searchable ...more

August 15, 2008