For decades, people who couldn't be identified or who died with no money for their funerals were left for the county to bury. ...more

September 17, 2009

The city wants to spend $150,000 to study whether it would benefit from a partnership with Hillsborough County to buy a new computer software system. ...more

September 16, 2009

The city's Price Park could be getting a $195,000 makeover courtesy of the state of Florida. ...more

September 11, 2009

A Tampa woman who has been waiting more than two decades to hear that the killer of her parents is dead has finally gotten her wish. ...more

September 8, 2009

The Hillsborough County School Board adopted a $3 billion budget Thursday that will save property owners a little money come tax time and approved a contract with school employees that includes no salary increases. ...more

September 4, 2009

A 29-year-old homeless hitchhiker is accused of beating an elderly man who gave him a ride from a liquor store before stealing his car. ...more

September 2, 2009

Gulf Marine Repair Corp. intends to rehire more than 100 employees to handle an increase in ship repair projects and will create 50 jobs to expand a dry dock at Port of Tampa, officials said Monday. ...more

September 1, 2009

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey social studies teacher has been charged with accepting cash from students looking to improve their grades. ...more

August 31, 2009

A 31-year-old former treasurer of the Beacon Square Civic Association was arrested Wednesday, accused of swindling nearly $10,500 from the organization's coffers. ...more

August 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the FDIC says there are no immediate plans to borrow money from the Treasury Department to shore up the shrinking deposit insurance fund. ...more

August 27, 2009