Voters will decide Aug. 26 which of three Democratic candidates will challenge freshman Gus Bilirakis for the 9th Congressional District, a Republican-held seat since its creation in the early years of the Reagan administration. ...more

July 31, 2008

Kathleen "Kat" Alley has worked all the positions at The Spring of Tampa Bay's thrift shop - in the warehouse, behind the cash register and driving the box truck. ...more

July 12, 2008

According to a report this week in The Tampa Tribune, the layer of soil cement that helps stabilize the walls of Tampa Bay Water's C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, in eastern Hillsborough County, is only 3 inches thick in some places. The specifications of the 15-billion-gallon, $146 million reservoir say this layer of compacted sand and cement is supposed to be 12 inches thick. Executives of the Clearwater-based regional wholesale utility say this poses no safety threat to the people in the vicinity of the reservoir. Given the recent history of Tampa Bay Water, however, this situation and the way it has been handled is a source of concern. ...more

July 5, 2008

Divers checking cracks in the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir have discovered the cement holding billions of gallons of water is more than half a foot thinner in some places than it's supposed to be. ...more

July 1, 2008

Summer is on the horizon with a variety of entertaining indoor and outdoor events taking place on the Fairgrounds property adjacent to I-4 and U.S. Highway 301 in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

June 27, 2008

Lowell Cain is one of the cowboys in the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's agricultural unit. ...more

June 26, 2008

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office agricultural deputies show off new home where even stray buffalo can roam. ...more

June 25, 2008

Have Speaker Nancy Pelosi's strategists in Washington picked John Dicks as the candidate they want to face off against freshman GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis this fall? ...more

June 20, 2008

As the school district prepares to expand its cost-cutting school bus route plans to other parts of Hillsborough County, Pearl Chiarenza feels the pain of parents upset with proposed changes in their neighborhoods. ...more

June 18, 2008

A 3-year-old thoroughbred mare confiscated Feb. 17 by Hillsborough County deputies was donated Thursday to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Live Oak. ...more

June 13, 2008