Hillsborough County News

Planning on knocking a few back during a Memorial Day weekend barbecue before putting the key in the ignition to head home? It's time to reconsider that plan.

An 81-year-old man was arrested Thursday, accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl seven years ago, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

A 66-year-old man was arrested Thursday after authorities discovered that he had crammed dozens of cats into four carriers and kept dead cats in a freezer, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

While the 32 may have made it out alive, Hillsborough County deputies say they found something even more alarming: 22 cats found frozen and individually wrapped in the freezer.

A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaving the scene after a drunken driving crash.

Almost 150 years ago, Memorial Day grew from the ashes of the Civil War. Decades later, its meaning and importance endure.

A man has been charged for the death of a 2-year-old boy, almost exactly one year after the crime allegedly occurred.

Three years after Hillsborough County voters killed a transit-tax referendum, county commissioners joined the mayors of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City on Wednesday to begin mapping out a new transportation plan they can sell to voters.

Here's a look at what's open and what's closed in Seminole Heights, Central Tampa and around Hillsborough County in observance of the holiday: Government offices The majority of Hillsborough County and City of Tampa offices and facilities will be closed on Monday.

Kelly King, Steinbrenner High's assistant principal for curriculum, has been named to fill a vacancy created by the promotion of the schools' first and only principal, Brenda Grasso.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was affecting a foreclosure eviction at a home off Annette Avenue in Tampa when they discovered Hopkins living in the property that wasn't his.

Just five hours after an 18-year-old Bloomingdale East resident reported that she'd been attacked while jogging on Natures Way, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced it had made an arrest.

News about the LGBT community in one way or another seems to dominate the news these days.

News that keeps residents up-to-date as well as alert to crime and safety comes by turning the pages of their local newspapers or by a click of a button on their TVs, home computers and mobile devices.

This year's VBS program at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church will be DoDad's Wild Bible Adventures, taking place from Monday, July 29-Friday, August 2. Returning from last summer are the coolest professors on the planet, Professor DoDad, Professor Bud, and Professor Lulu.

People who remember "the cars" marvel at the recollection, of a principal who was so beloved by two student bodies and sets of teachers and staff that they each raised funds to buy him a car before he drove off to other endeavors.

Two Seffner homes, next door to a property where a sinkhole opened in February and killed a man while he slept, are being demolished today.

Debris litters what remains of a classroom at Plaza Towers Elementary after it was destroyed by a tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday.

The two girls met playing high school basketball in a small community on the east coast of Florida and had a sexual relationship.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has lost 15 deputies in the line of duty since 1874.