The new 31,500-square-foot Hillsborough County Medical Examiner complex has its grand opening Thursday. ...more

February 25, 2009

Hillsborough County is jumping on the Twitter trend, sending out county news via the social media service under the name @HCNews. So far, there's a small following -- 25 people -- but more could be flowing soon, given tweets from the county such as this one: ...more

February 25, 2009

How much we make (or don't make) is one of those personal bits of information we like to keep to ourselves. ...more

February 25, 2009

Shannon Pierson died of a drug overdose on March 3, 2007. The night before, the 19-year-old had snorted a crushed oxycodone pill given to her by Max Lutz, prosecutors said. ...more

February 5, 2009

Shannon Pierson died of a drug overdose on March 3, 2007. The night before, the 19-year-old had snorted a crushed oxycodone pill given to her by Max Lutz, prosecutors said. On Tuesday, a Pasco County jury deliberated for more than two hours before finding Lutz not guilty of delivery of a controlled substance. ...more

February 4, 2009

A 3-month-old baby died Saturday after an ambulance was sent to a home in Englewood instead of the correct address in Sarasota, leading to an internal investigation by Sarasota County 911 officials. ...more

February 4, 2009

A registered sex offender who lived in Tampa was the man found dead in a parked sport utility vehicle on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

January 30, 2009

A registered sex offender who lived in Tampa was the man found dead in a parked sport utility vehicle on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

January 29, 2009

A 24-year-old father of twin baby girls was arrested at his home Monday evening, accused of killing one of the infants in December after being bothered by her cries, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 28, 2009

A 24-year-old father of twin baby girls was arrested at his home Monday evening, accused of killing one of the infants in December after apparently being bothered by her cries, according to a Pasco Sheriff's Office report. ...more

January 27, 2009