The county closes libraries, senior service centers, Head Start centers, the animal shelter and other services as the first of five unpaid furlough days hits. ...more

October 30, 2009

This month marks one year since the foreclosed home across the street from me was supposed to be sold at auction at the courthouse. ...more

October 29, 2009

Two years after abandoning plans to install red light cameras across the city, Tampa officials are taking another look at the controversial traffic control devices. ...more

October 29, 2009

TAMPA After sitting out the entire cross country season recovering from stress fractures in both lower leg bones, no one was counting on Trenor Wilkins to do much at Tuesday's Hillsborough County Championships besides line up and get his first race under his belt. ...more

October 28, 2009

Hillsborough County public elementary school students can get swine flu vaccinations at selected high schools beginning next week. ...more

October 28, 2009

Publix volunteers from the Brandon region gave much-needed love and attention to Bloomingdale West Park in Brandon on Oct. 15. ...more

October 28, 2009

On the football field, Sickles High running back Cary White generally follows the path of any straight-ahead power player. ...more

October 28, 2009

Jim Edwards rode in a motorcade Tuesday to pay his respects to seven comrades he lost while serving in Vietnam. ...more

October 28, 2009

Plant High's boys cross-country team suffered a serious loss to begin the season when No. 1 runner Trenor Wilkins learned his legs had stress fractures. ...more

October 28, 2009

Theo Smalling, a Hampton University basketball player who attended Bloomingdale High School, died Monday night after being accidentally shot over the weekend in Virginia. Prosecutors in Hampton will have to determine whether to file manslaughter charges in the accidental shooting, the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., reported. ...more

October 27, 2009