For years, utilities, governments and water managers trumpeted the same message when it came to water: conserve. ...more

March 8, 2010

When Amber Henson showed up at the Sickles High boys basketball game on Wednesday sporting a Duke sweatshirt, she coyly said it was because it was cold outside. ...more

March 8, 2010

Hillsborough County's contract with Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions calls for the vendor to receive up to $4,750 a month from fines collected for violations at each of the six intersections it monitors. Any excess goes into the county's general fund. County officials expect to generate more than $200,000 a month from the fines. The fine for violators is $125. Citations may be challenged in court. ...more

March 7, 2010

No other tennis team in Hillsborough County has done what Wharton High's boys team did last year. Now they want to do what few teams in the state of Florida have done — three-peat. ...more

March 5, 2010

Abby Mann is accustomed to watching sporting events from the sidelines. Throughout her toddler-to-teen years the Plant High sophomore has never participated. ...more

March 5, 2010

About two dozen opponents of a proposed elevated roadway over Gandy Boulevard showed up at Thursday's city council meeting to voice their concerns. ...more

March 5, 2010

The power struggle over control of Tampa International Airport that first became public in December culminated this morning when the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority board of directors voted unanimously to accept the resignation of executive director Louis Miller. ...more

March 4, 2010

A Saint Leo University student was robbed by two men at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon, and at least one suspect was apprehended in Hillsborough County, the university and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

March 4, 2010

Hillsborough County hasn't been doing enough to prevent juvenile offenders from evolving into career criminals, and the county's taxpayers are paying the price. ...more

March 4, 2010

Prescribed burn scheduled for March 3 in Bell Creek Nature Preserve. ...more

March 3, 2010