Gibsonton News

Nearly one in five Hillsborough County third-graders is in danger of not moving on to fourth grade because of low scores on the state's tougher high-stakes reading test.

Local officials are searching for a woman last seen in the area of the Sundance Marina in Wimauma this afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

A Riverview man wanted on attempted murder charges tried to pull a fast one on law enforcement officials but didn't fool an observant deputy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office called it a "cucumber caper," although deputies said the perpetrators in this veggie tale were more interested in lettuce.

A homicide suspect and his 20-year-old girlfriend, who were found shot to death Thursday after a four-hour standoff, had a suicide pact, deputies said.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT team members forced their way into a Gibsonton mobile home at 9641 Symmes Road.

Two people were found dead Thursday after a standoff at a home in Gibsonton. Police say James Seagraves and Kayla Memoto were dating and expecting a child.

A convicted felon who police say killed the manager of a downtown DeLand restaurant is dead after a SWAT standoff in Hillsborough County .

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT team is in contact with the individual who has barricaded themselves in a trailer at 9641 Symmes Road, Gibsonton.

Deputies and U.S. marshals are on the scene of what's turned into a standoff with an attempted murder suspect.

RIVERVIEW As professional planners strive for "balance" with a "show business light" land use overlay here, the opposing forces they're trying to accommodate point to discriminatory "profiling" and "stacking the deck." In fact, few of either the amusement business operators or the affected area homeowners involved are taken with a proposal by The ... (more)

GIBSONTON, Fla. - In a way, "Field One" at the East Bay Little League is a "Field of Dreams..."A an "if you build it to Americans with Disabilities Act standards, they will come to play Challenger Baseball" diamondA where everyone gets a hit and a chance to get around the bases and no one complains.

A 56-year-old man died today after he was struck by a van while riding a bicycle across U.S. 41 in Gibsonton.