Lutz News

For homeowners in trouble, a short sale can be a lifesaver. Lenders allow a house to be sold for less than is owed on the mortgage and then write off the rest.

The people behind the avatars will convene for a real-life Second Life convention in September.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews were called to a water treatment plant tonight after receiving a call that chlorine gas was leaking from a 1-ton tank.

Tampa police conducted an operation today targeting tow truck drivers who illegally buy vehicles to sell for scrap.

Jessie Grossman is the princess who charms the prince in this weekend's production of Once Upon a Mattress at the University Area Community Complex.

Lutz, Florida, is on no one's list of world financial capitals. But from his home there on Tiffany Lane, 1,100 miles from Wall Street, Richard X. Bove can rattle the mighty of American banking.

A UCF police officer has been selected as an agent for the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation and will report for duty September 1. MBI is a law enforcement task force comprised of 14 local, state and federal ...

A section of U.S. 41 in Lutz was closed for about 20 minutes this morning as crews responded to an accident involving a semi-truck that was leaking diesel fuel.

A section of U.S. 41 in Lutz closed for about 20 minutes this morning as crews responded to an accident involving a semi-truck that was leaking diesel fuel.

A traffic crash briefly shutdown traffic in both directions on US 41 after diesel fuel spilled onto the highway.

A section of U.S. 41 in Lutz was closed for about 20 minutes this morning as crews responded to an accident involving a semi-truck that was leaking diesel fuel.

Everything is back to normal after an evacuation at a Bradenton mall. Around 9:30 this morning, the DeSoto Junction mall was evacuated after someone reported the smell of gas.

He wore a trendy black shirt just like many of the kids in the crowd. But Nelson Mandela moved slowly, leaning on his wife and on a white cane as he crossed the stage to adoring cheers.

The eastbound lanes of State Road 54 were closed for several hours to a traffic crash that killed one person.

Deputies arrested a couple Thursday they say wore motorcycle helmets and carried handguns when they robbed a Tampa pharmacy of OxyContin in May.

Joseph John Wolf, say deputies, was driving his 2001 Ford erratically on North Dale Mabry Highway near Calusa Trace Boulevard on Tuesday night.

Lutz, Florida A $14.5 million road widening project in Lutz has entered a new phase of construction.

Shade makes for such hot real estate at the sweltering Brandon Fourth of July parade that no one wants to give up their secrets.

Keegan Timothy Burkhart was screaming obscenities early this morning at his Lutz apartment, say deputies.

Who says you can't wear your patriotism on your sleeve? At this community's annual Independence Day celebration - " people were wearing red, white and blue on their sleeves - " and everywhere else.