Deputy Michelle Branscomb has organized the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's District III toy drive for 13 years. And on Dec. 20 she was able to give toys to 310 children, many delivered by her personally to their homes. ...more

December 31, 2008

Deputy Michelle Branscomb has organized the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's District III toy drive for 13 years. And on Dec. 20 she was able to give toys to 310 children, many delivered by her personally to their homes. ...more

December 31, 2008

A Hillsborough County judge played Santa and a sheriff's deputy was the elf Saturday as more than 300 children received the benefits of the Sheriff's Office District III Toy Drive. Judge Nick Nazaretian, aka Santa, gave dolls, trucks and other toys to children at the district office at 7202 Gunn Highway. The recipients were children who have medical issues, economic challenges, or whose families have been victims of crimes. Deputy Michelle Branscomb, who has organized the toy drive for the past 13 years, also helped distribute the holiday gifts. ...more

December 21, 2008

A Hillsborough judge played Santa and a sheriff's deputy was the elf today as more than 300 children received the benefits of the Sheriff's Office District III Toy Drive. ...more

December 20, 2008

Last week Linda Bollea's boyfriend asked a judge for a restraining order against her estranged husband, Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea. And the same day a judge denied it. ...more

November 26, 2008

A federal judge today ordered that a man accused of writing threatening letters to judges be sent to a medical facility to be mentally evaluated. ...more

November 19, 2008

A Pinellas County civil trial has begun in the case of a crane-business owner from Illinois who says Clearwater-based Global Funding LLC promised a heavy equipment lease two years ago and took thousands of dollars as a deposit. ...more

November 17, 2008

A woman who picketed a Plant City pet shop alleging an employee injured her dog has agreed to refrain from future protests. ...more

November 15, 2008

Trial is approaching for a handful of the "johns" arrested during a prostitution sting staged by the Brooksville Police Department. ...more

November 14, 2008

More than a dozen Hillsborough County elections office workers hunkered down in a glass-walled room in Brandon on Wednesday afternoon and started counting what could add up to about 70,000 ballots that have yet to be tabulated. ...more

November 6, 2008