Hillsborough County commissioners today saluted retired sheriff's Col. David M. Parrish today as a visionary in modern and efficient corrections management. ...more

November 6, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners will consider renewing for two years a "no fee zone" designation of the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners will take public comments Thursday on how to spend a $19.1 million federal grant to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties. ...more

November 1, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioners will take public comments Thursday on how to spend a $19.1 million federal grant to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties. The money comes to the county through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, part of a broader housing recovery act passed by Congress earlier this year to deal with skyrocketing numbers of foreclosures. ...more

October 31, 2008

A new desalination plant near Tarpon Springs and an expansion of the existing plant in Apollo Beach are among projects being considered to meet the region's water needs through 2019. ...more

October 16, 2008

A man's death from a stroke in May has sparked a tug-of-war over whether to keep an advanced life support ambulance in upscale Lutz or transfer it to Progress Village, a much poorer community with many more calls for ambulance service. ...more

October 12, 2008

Snide, Catty And Uncalled For Regarding "Award Returned Over New Name" (Metro, Oct. 2): ...more

October 4, 2008

The Hillsborough County School District does not have to pay for roads or other traffic improvements that do not touch school property, a circuit judge ruled Monday. ...more

September 30, 2008

Talk about your bittersweet moments. Earlier this summer, a Citrus Park man and his son were pleasantly surprised when their public access television show beat out five competitors to take first place in the entertainment programming category during a Tampa Bay Community Network awards ceremony. ...more

September 3, 2008

Republican incumbent Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Brian Blair ran away with their primary races, and newcomer Kevin Beckner prevailed over two other Democrats to face Blair in November. ...more

August 27, 2008