Monica Dear remembers collecting bottles with her brother while growing up in Hudson as part of a Sunday ritual. They would turn their finds in for cash. Dear laments that children no longer have the same opportunity. "The bottle deposit law got repealed. I'd like to know why." And she probably will. ...more

October 31, 2007

It has been said: Driving is the most dangerous daily activity for most people. ...more

October 25, 2007

The Hillsborough County School District will turn to an outside company for help in drawing boundaries for a new middle school in Citrus Park. ...more

October 18, 2007

The Hillsborough County School District will turn to an outside company for help in drawing boundaries for a new middle school in Citrus Park. ...more

October 18, 2007

The ambulance stationed at the Lutz Volunteer Fire Department gets so few emergency calls that Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials want to find a better use for it. ...more

October 10, 2007

Nearly eight weeks into the school year, a pilot program in south Hillsborough designed to eliminate late school buses and become more efficient has flopped in both regards. ...more

October 4, 2007

TAMPA - Nearly eight weeks into the school year, a pilot program in south Hillsborough designed to eliminate late school buses and become more efficient has flopped in both regards. ...more

October 3, 2007

U.S.-bound trucks from Mexico hit a roadblock in Washington on Tuesday as senators stymied Bush administration plans to allow Mexican 18-wheelers to begin traveling freely into the United States as part of a 13-year-old trade agreement. ...more

September 12, 2007

President Bush has 'sucker-punched' American workers and threatened national security by opening the nation's southern border to Mexican truckers, Teamsters President James Hoffa said Saturday. ...more

September 9, 2007