Deputy Rob Thornton with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office got involved in Operation Medicine Cabinet after catching a pest control worker who had been stealing pain medications - a handful at a time - from his clients' medicine cabinets in Sun City Center. ...more

December 16, 2009

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy Rob Thornton got involved in Operation Medicine Cabinet after catching a pest control worker who had been stealing pain medications - a handful at a time - from a client's home in Sun City Center. ...more

December 16, 2009

Carol Sivard opened the plastic trash bag wide. "Oh my, what is that curly thing?" she said. ...more

December 9, 2009

Carol Sivard opened the plastic trash bag wide. "Oh my, what is that curly thing?" she said. ...more

December 7, 2009

I live in a deed-restricted town home community and have a neighbor who thinks the county's right of way is her personal property. She will not allow me to put out my trash bags for pickup and throws my garbage and yard waste onto my driveway when I do. The association, various police officers, and waste removal service representatives have all spoken to her about this, and yet she refuses to allow me to utilize this service area. It makes a mess and has to be rebundled. ...more

November 22, 2009

Debbie Clemons doesn't see the garbage like she used to. When she and her neighbors got together for a community cleanup in 2007, their bags filled after only a few blocks. ...more

November 1, 2009

More than 30 students attended the University Area Community Cleanup on Oct. 3. The event was organized by Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful as part of the University of South Florida's Gandhi Day. ...more

October 21, 2009

More than 30 students attended the University Area Community Cleanup on Oct. 3. The event was organized by Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful as part of the University of South Florida's Gandhi Day. ...more

October 21, 2009

Last year, more than 2,300 people slathered on sunscreen, donned work gloves and sneakers and headed out to clean up 67,509 pounds of litter in Hillsborough County. ...more

March 18, 2009

Last year, more than 2,300 people slathered on sunscreen, donned work gloves and sneakers and headed out to clean up 67,509 pounds of litter in Hillsborough County. ...more

March 18, 2009