During the month of November, Cypress Creek Elementary School teachers and staff held Saturday Academies to engage students in the hands-on exploration of science and math. ...more

December 3, 2008

Four men tried removing palmetto berries from a state park in Wimauma on Wednesday morning, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 25, 2008

The rugged palmetto bush grows all across Florida, but a group of 14 risked arrest to harvest the plants in the Golden Aster Scrub Nature Preserve, on East Bay Road near Gibsonton. ...more

September 9, 2007

GIBSONTON - After having been warned twice in two weeks, 14 men were arrested Tuesday and accused of illegally picking saw palmetto berries at a county park, officials said. ...more

September 5, 2007