A 46-year-old Ohio man tried taking his daughter from her biological mother's custody by flying to the girl's Florida home, grabbing her and forcing her into his vehicle, Hillsborough County deputies say. The man, Steven Ostromek, then changed vehicles and drove his 11-year-old daughter to Tampa International Airport, where he tried flying the girl to Ohio, according to deputies. ...more

February 16, 2009

A Bartow man accused of breaking into a convenience store early Wednesday morning and taking more than $3,000 in cigarettes is connected to at least four other similar robberies that occurred in Hillsborough County since June, according to criminal arrest affidavits. ...more

February 11, 2009

For years, hundreds of young soccer fans and their families waited for a proposed county sports complex to be built in Lithia. Even before the FishHawk Sports Complex opened in the fall, the FishHawk Soccer Club was established and ready to hit the field. ...more

February 11, 2009

No one called Hillsborough County deputies to get their goats back after the animals were impounded Wednesday morning along the Veterans Expressway. ...more

February 5, 2009

Growing up in Greenville, N.C., George Foley remembers hitting some of the most venerated, noted barbecue joints in the southern United States. ...more

January 30, 2009

About 40 students from kindergarten through sixth grade recently performed "Are We There Yet?" at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church. The musical, directed by the church office manager, Jackie Pettis, told the story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land. ...more

January 28, 2009

(All games Thursday, 7 p.m.) Class 5A Bloomingdale (13-3-2) ...more

January 28, 2009

Hundreds of students will travel longer distances to school now that the Hillsborough County School Board has signed off on new attendance zones. ...more

January 28, 2009

Hundreds of students will travel longer distances to school now that the Hillsborough County School Board has signed off on new attendance zones. ...more

January 27, 2009

Four water tender trucks, each holding up to 4,000 gallons of water, were needed to battle a fire that destroyed a home in Dover late Thursday night. ...more

January 23, 2009