Riverview News

A 45-year-old Riverview driver and his 44-year-old passenger from St. Petersburg suffered serious injuries Saturday night in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 301.

Kid's Community College founder Timothy Kilpatrick praises the organization's growth and success during a groundbreaking ceremony of the school's new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility scheduled for completion this summer and opening this fall.

Divided along party lines, the state House passed a $69.2 billion budget Thursday that raises college tuition by 8 percent and pays for a $1 billion increase in education by cutting health programs for the needy.

A The Brandon Ballet returns to the stage with "Cinderella," a full-length, classical ballet scored by Sergei Sergeyevich A Prokofiev and billed as a "comical, yet grand and beautiful ballet sure to entertain and inspire your entire family." Founded by Alice Holden Bock, the Brandon Ballet is in residence at the Dance Center in Brandon, at 161 East ... (more)

Excitement was evident following the first annual Inaugural Awards Members Banquet Jan.

A Boy Scouts will deliver 40,000 bags to homes throughout Brandon, Valrico, FishHawk Ranch, Plant City and Riverview this Saturday as part of their annual Scouting for Food drive to help Feeding America Tampa Bay.

From milk produced in Myakka City to honey created in Lutz, The Fresh Farm Market has all the has all the finely made local products your heart can desire.

A With a half hour to go, 11 paintings were spread out along the movable wall of the grand ballroom at The Regent in Riverview for "The Greater Brandon Edition" of the art showA known as, "So YouA Think You Can Paint." It's the fourth such effort of artist Vincent Kral , a graduate of the University of South Florida, who conceptualized the idea ... (more)

With the Hillsborough Correctional Institution in Riverview one of seven state prisons and four work camps targeted for closure by the end of June, the County Commission today voted unanimously to tell Tallahassee that closing HCI is a very bad idea.

The Regent has been criticized and questioned about its methods and practices since the day it opened thanks to the taxpayer dollars that helped build it, but the special event center is continually hoping to address the community's concerns through meetings with the public.

A ROMANTIC DINNER Enjoy a romantic dinner for two. The Copper Bell Cafe , 11228 Boyette Rd., Riverview, will offer a Valentine's Day dinner Tuesday, Feb.

You can help support the over 3,000 boys who participate in the Boy Scouts in the Brandon/SouthShore area by attending the 2nd Annual Soaring Eagle Dinner on Thursday, February 23 at The Regent in Riverview.

Tampa Metropolitan Area Y President and CEO Tom Looby talks to residents about theA proposed location of the Riverview Y. The new facility is hoped to be built on county owned land adjacent to the Vance Vogel Sports Complex, in Riverview.

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Earl Lennard, left, shakes and with Dick Stowers, during a ribbon cutting celebration of the new Boys & Girls Club now open in Riverview.

Football runs in the Thornton family. As coach of East Bay High School, Michael Thornton's father Brian was somewhat of a legend, racking up more than 100 wins while in charge of the Indians program.

RIVERVIEW, Fla. -- A woman from Alabama is in jail in Hillsborough County accused of human trafficking.

David Walter Michel Jr., 23, of 11139 Hannaway Drive, Lot 3, was arrested Saturday on charges of possession of counterfeit bills and possession of an instrument for forging after Hillsborough County deputies found 29 counterfeit bills and a copier and paper used to make bogus money inside his Brandon motel room.

A 30-second walk from The Franklin Shops two doors down, The Nest is a slim slipper of a space with... This week's wild file subject reminds us of the old saying, "A camel is a horse designed by a... RIVERVIEW, Fla.

His is a familiar name in the area. Not only is Bob Bivins a local attorney, the founding and managing partner of Bivins & Hemenway, P.A. , 1060 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, in Plaza Bella, but he's active with the Brandon area YMCAs, serving as chairman of the board for both the Brandon Family and Campo YMCAs.

No. 2 seed Riverview "survived," to use coach Lelani Gordon's words, against No.