In a reply to comments made by band students about Sylvia Moore's letter on Nov. 24: No, I'm not keeping it in the band room as suggested. I believe the public needs to know because they are where you (the band) get your money from. I refuse to raise money for you to use for a 90-95 percent black uniform. I as a parent refuse black because it is gothic and darkness. ...more

December 19, 2009

No charges will be filed against the parents of a Valrico toddler who fell through an opening in a septic tank and drowned last month. Luis Martinez, 2, was reported missing Nov. 27 from his home at 4114 Silver Lane, and searchers found his body the next day in a septic tank near the front of the small mobile home park where he lived. ...more

December 9, 2009

At the end of Thursday's wake, Juan Martinez and his wife, Rosalina Ramirez, stood in front of the open casket where their 2-year-old son lay. ...more

December 4, 2009

We are a maintenance-free adult homeowner community. After two years, the developer said the association homeowners are responsible for the irrigation system. The documents say the association is responsible for maintenance. What does "maintenance-free" mean? ...more

November 8, 2009

In 2006 Hillsborough County commissioners spent $170,000 to terminate a golf range's lease on the Linebaugh Avenue County Northwest Landfill to hasten development of another solid waste transfer station. Today, the golf range remains shuttered, the site is an eyesore, no new transfer station is built and there is no sign of the construction that was to be completed this year. ...more

October 29, 2009

WESLEY CHAPEL - A motorcyclist died Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

September 20, 2009

A 68-year-old Spring Hill man died after he apparently lost consciousness Wednesday afternoon while driving with a female passenger. ...more

September 17, 2009

A 40-year-old woman died in a single-car accident this morning in Hernando County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

September 13, 2009

A 53-year-old Land O' Lakes man was killed Thursday morning when his vehicle struck a wooden utility pool and barbed-wire fence on County Line Road east of Alexson Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 28, 2009

A lawn maintenance man in Lutz was bitten by a pygmy rattler Monday, the second such attack in two weeks. ...more

August 25, 2009