On Friday, Hillsborough County Tax Collector Doug Belden said wait times were averaging more than an hour, after averaging less than 15 minutes for eight years. At one point, there were more than 200 people waiting in the tax collector's Brandon and West County offices. Here are tips to avoid long lines or waits. ...more

August 31, 2009

Investigators believe someone set a fire in a city storage building early this morning that caused at least $20,000 in damage. ...more

July 19, 2009

A 14-year-old boy shot in the head late Saturday afternoon has died. Devin Pacheco of North Tampa was with a group of friends and his older brother when, authorities think, he was shot by a gang member. ...more

May 26, 2009

Schools throughout the area paid tribute to Mother Nature on Earth Day, April 22. ...more

April 29, 2009

TAMPA Police charged a 62-year-old North Tampa woman with creating a public health issue today after an officer saw her emptying raw sewage down her driveway, a preliminary report states. ...more

March 31, 2009

A man intentionally set a fire at Copeland Park in North Tampa on March 20, investigators said. ...more

March 31, 2009

Like so many of Tampa's old buildings, it could have fallen to the wrecking ball. ...more

March 30, 2009

A 15-year-old pedestrian from Oldsmar was killed Friday night after being hit by a pickup on Tampa Road about 200 yards west of the intersection with East Lake Woodlands Parkway. ...more

March 29, 2009

TAMPA Operation Spring Cleaning, a two-day law-enforcement roundup of known felons and other criminals, ended today with a total of 122 arrests, police said. ...more

March 28, 2009

Oscar Ray Bolin shouldn't still be breathing our air. But the multiple murderer continues to be warehoused by Florida taxpayers. He is benefitting from a judicial system required to treat him humanely when he doesn't deserve it. ...more

March 27, 2009