Wimauma News

A new kind of community is being developed in Wimauma, where first time home buyers actually help build their own homes.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. DOVER As the sun peeks above the horizon, farmworkers push the delicate roots of spindly strawberry plants into the ground at Three Star Farms.

Ruskin Elementary used the money to purchase $500 worth of new books for the media center.

You're about to have one less excuse for not taking the bus. HART is on the cusp of creating Hillsborough County's first community-based bus service, which would allow people near established routes through Brandon, Seffner, Ruskin and Wimauma/Sun City Center to call for pick-up service.

However, shutting down the Wimauma Community Collection Center, operated by the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Department, is being attributed not to financial strain, but to underuse.

What kind of person would leave a plush condo in South Tampa to live in a trailer with a tiger for a neighbor? And who would lose part of a leg in a dog attack yet go on to make sure animals are well fed? The kind of people who wind up as finalists for Animal Planet's Hero of the Year award.

The children begin their education the same way. Juanita Santana, a teacher aide at Wimauma Academy, demonstrates a maraca to her pre-kindergarten students.

A 33-year-old Brandon man died Monday morning when his truck crashed on North Street.

Members of this 20-year-old chapter are longstanding volunteers at the Southeast Area Rally.

Speeding is believed to have played a role in a deadly crash along Balm Wimauma Road early Friday.

A pedestrian on U.S. 301 north of Parrish was hit and killed by a hit and run driver Sunday.

A pedestrian was killed on U.S. 301 today when an SUV driver hit him and then fled the scene.

But, it's not the expansion itself that has aroused them. And their local civic association is meeting in an especially-called session next week to hash it out.

Heavy rains this week have pushed local rivers to the flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.

Rain chances remain high today, a day after record-setting rainfall brought flooding that snarled traffic and forced some homes to be evacuated in the Bay area.

Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday get ready to shell out more cash if you're planning an outing at one of Florida's state parks.

Canoes and kayaks from the Little Manatee Canoe Outpost line the shore of a beach at the Little Manatee State Recreation Area near the Manatee County line on U.S. 301 near Wimauma.

More than 200 residents packed County Center June 9 at a public hearing on next year's proposed budget.

Hillsborough County Public Schools is sponsoring free summer Voluntary Prekindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds. The free clases run Monday through THURSDAY from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. between June 10 and July 30, at 24 public elementary schools.

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for a missing 79-year-old woman. Carolyn Taylor was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Saturday at her home in the 15000 block of Colding Loop in Wimauma, according to the sheriff's office.