Riverview News

Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Funeral Home & Crematory , 6919 Providence Rd., Riverview, will host Memorial Day services Monday starting at 8:30 a.m. Guest speakers will be County Commissioner Al Higginbotham, Michael Whitt, commander of AMVETS Chapter 44 of Brandon, and Walt Raysic, president of the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County.

A Brandon has a princess and the Sylvia Thomas Center for Adoptive and Foster Families has 2,129 additional reasons to celebrate a fundraising event that raised close to $3,000 for the center over a five-week period.

A The following report was submitted by Deborah Evans , director of community relations for the Florida Academy of Performing Arts, in residence at the Music Showcase on Oakfield Drive in Brandon.

TOP: Cathy Hume, behind counter, greets customers at Urban Oasis Hydroponic Farm on Linebaugh Avenue.

Northeast Tampa came to a near standstill the afternoon of Friday, May 4, when a water main break on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard closed businesses and shut down after-school programs.

A man arrested for a misdemeanor was recognized by a jail deputy as the suspect wanted for a 2009 attempted murder, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

A truck transporting fertilizer overturned on U.S. Highway 301 near Riverview this afternoon, closing the road for a time, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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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.

After a month of investigation, Hillsborough County Sheriff detectives are seeking residents help to find a suspect involved in a hit and run traffic crash that occurred last month in the area of Gibsonton Drive and U.S. Highway 3001, killing one Riverview man.

For most people, a garage sale is a chance to pick through someone else's trash in search of cheap treasure.

The area's newest chapter of Christian Business Connections will host a kick-off event Monday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. at C1 Bank, 10109 U.S. 301 S., Riverview.

News Report On Friday, May 4, the Riverview Boys & Girls Club hosted the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Team monthly meeting.A Fred Spencer, the Boys & Girls Club director, spoke to the team about the facility located at 6809 Krycul Ave., Riverview, and the future plans for additional community programs.

Sally and Samuel Garcia speak publicly for the first time since they received the multimillion dollar jury award last week in a Hillsborough circuit court.

The list of community agencies likely to receive funding from the Children's Board of Hillsborough County was winnowed down by 11 Wednesday.

As part of the German American Partnership program offered in high school, 16 sophomores from Freiburg, Germany, traveled to Sarasota, where they stayed with host families of Riverview High School students and learned about American culture and enjoyed some time on the beach.

So far, five candidates have filed to battle it out for the newly created Florida House seat that was carved out of districts 56 and 62.

More than four years after a high school student who was driving under the influence crashed his vehicle and killed a 32-year-old Riverview man, a Hillsborough County jury ruled against the convenience store owners that sold alcohol to the minor and awarded a whopping $716 million to the victim's family.

Osama "Sam" Mahmud Mustafa owned a gas station in San Diego where he briefly employed a man in 2000 who later would become one of the Sept.