Here's a primer, and an advance look, at the new north-south toll road that will connect Interstate 4 with the Selmon Expressway.
Starting Nov. 1, the monthly bill for the average residential customer is slated to rise.
The passion to fight a big-box retail development on Bloomingdale Avenue has not waned over the summer months. New steps are being taken.
Residents concerned about development planned adjacent to the Bloomingdale Regional Library are invited to a meeting there tonight, Sept. 9.
Check your Florida Powerball tickets for Wednesday night, Sept. 4, 2013. If you've got the numbers 2, 9 and 26 you're halfway there.
If you pay Hillsborough County taxes, you've written the name, "Doug Belden, Tax Collector" on your payment checks. Here's why he was honored by his peers.
Hillsborough County Labor Day closings for animal services, fire rescue, Head Start, libraries, parks and recreation centers, garbage collection and more.
Check your Florida Powerball tickets for Wednesday night, Aug. 28. If you've got the numbers 6, 7, 9, your halfway there.
The winning Powerball numbers for Aug. 21 means a rollover jackpot for Saturday's play. Are you game?
A public meeting is set to discuss the yearlong installation of 92 fire hydrants and more than 4 miles of water lines to support firefighting efforts.
The final Gornto Lake Road project connects Brandon Boulevard (State Road 60) to Bloomingdale Avenue and on to U.S. Highway 301.
A survey showed 11 percent of residents have taken no hurricane preparedness steps.
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that a horse in northwestern Hillsborough County was infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
The deadline to apply to serve on county boards, councils and committees is Aug. 15.
Drivers should follow the county detour signs.
Coming soon, new garbage cans and recycling carts to your homes. A video look at how automated trash collection will work in Hillsborough County.
Bell Shoals Baptist Church's Community Issues Team will host its 2013 Florida Legislative Wrap-Up Review on July 25. Lee, Spano, Raburn to attend.
Donna Lee Fore, whose family business, P.F. Auto Glass, has been in business close to 20 years, has announced her bid to run for the District 4 seat.
Hillsborough County will begin delivering the new roll carts for garbage in August.
A new hydrogen sulfide removal facility is now online at the Lithia Water Treatment Plant.
In recent weeks, reports of overcrowding at Animal Services and a lack of proper veterinary care for dogs and cats have come to light.
Hillsborough County Commissioners will hear a presentation from Ian Hallett, Animals Services’ director, during their regular meeting Wednesday, July 17.
The jury’s decision was read late Saturday night.
Officials said Trayvon Martin's family has asked for peace as the jury deliberates George Zimmerman's fate on second-degree murder charges.
Officials are pleading for calm now that the jury is deliberating.
While Sanford isn’t exactly next door to Hillsborough, Martin’s death has drawn passionate outcries from people all over the country.
State Rep. Dwight Dudley will be the guest speaker at the July 9 meeting of the East Hillsborough County Democratic Club.
The Florida Legislature tweaked the red light camera law earlier this year
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross addressed a wide range of issues including immigration, federal spending and gun control.
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These laws join about 150 others that hit the books on July 1.
The ice has been broken between residents opposed to a 44-acre Bloomingdale Avenue development and the developer behind the effort.
With the U.S. Supreme Court's DOMA ruling, Jana Broder said the nation's Pledge of Allegiance rings louder and truer than ever before.
DOMA is the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states.
Commissioner Al Higginbotham has suggested invoking a rarely used legal option to halt the proposed big-box development on Bloomingdale Avenue for 180 days.
The East Hillsborough Democratic Club will meet Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m.
County commissioners voted unanimously to repeal a 2005 ordinance banning gay pride events in the county.
Hillsborough County Commissioners plan to take up proposed changes to existing laws during their June 5 meeting. What do you think about the issues?
In his first Patch blog, Rep. Dennis Ross tackles the immigration issue, advocating a multiple approach to reforming the system.
Curious to see what passed and what didn’t during the Florida Legislature’s 2013 session?