A Rocky Creek homeowner who cut down dozens of mangroves and built an illegal boat dock has to pay a $16,850 fine but will continue to have boat access to Tampa Bay. ...more

October 4, 2008

Hillsborough County adopted new noise rules Thursday designed to increase restrictions on amplified music played after 11 p.m. and make it easier to take annoying noise-makers to court and fine them. ...more

September 19, 2008

Some Temple Terrace residents and neighbors of the Ford Amphitheatre are worried that proposed changes to the county's noise ordinance will mean the return of the excessively loud concerts that once disrupted their neighborhoods. ...more

September 18, 2008

Three years after a diesel fuel line ruptured near railroad tracks west of Plant City, contaminating a dozen residential and commercial properties, the cleanup is still under way. ...more

September 17, 2008

After the 2004 hurricane season, when Florida communities needed a place to dump tons of yard waste, the state agreed to let rural landowners spread up to two feet of chopped-up debris across their property without getting a permit for solid-waste disposal. ...more

August 15, 2008

Day after day for the past two years, trucks full of chopped up yard waste dumped their loads on a piece of land that included a sensitive wildlife habitat in south Hillsborough County. ...more

August 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Green Iguana, at 9202 Anderson Road, is working to reduce sounds coming from its bar and grill in an effort to quell noise complaints. ...more

August 6, 2008

Crematory owners who received permits last year to operate units for human and animal remains want permits for two more animal cremation units and one additional human cremation unit. ...more

August 6, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - In an effort to quell noise complaints, the Green Iguana, 9202 Anderson Road, is working to reduce sounds coming from its bar and grill. ...more

August 6, 2008

Before Maria Smith of Riverview, jumped off the 30-foot platform at Red Bull Flugtag on Saturday, her mind was racing. ...more

July 24, 2008