Lealan McConnell stopped drawing a paycheck when her first child was born 13 years ago, but she's hardly what you would call a stay-at-home mom. ...more

May 10, 2008

LLT Academy, a charter public middle school, hopes to welcome a flock of new students by building high-tech facilities this summer for 120 high school students. ...more

May 3, 2008

Angelic House was ecstatic when she learned she could get her storm-damaged home fixed through Hillsborough County's housing rehabilitation program. ...more

February 14, 2008

Three men are in jail after Hillsborough County deputies searched a Progress Village area home and found cocaine, marijuana and $75,000 worth of stolen property, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 1, 2008

The past, present and future of East Bay High School baseball recently met on the same field for the first time. ...more

January 26, 2008

Greater Palm River area residents say it's long overdue, so they will be eager to see the county's plans for a sports complex when county staff meets with the community Monday. ...more

January 23, 2008

As far as kickoffs are concerned, this one was a snap. All Tony Harris and his staff at the Progress Village Recreation Center had to do was briefly explain the project, sign up the children and hand out disposable cameras with 27 exposures each. The free sandwiches and chips were just a bonus, lending a party atmosphere to the event. ...more

January 21, 2008

"A slam dunk" is how community advocate Liz Gutierrez described the Hillsborough Planning Commission's overwhelming approval of the Greater Palm River Community Plan on Jan. 14. ...more

January 21, 2008

The Tower Dairy on 78th Street that sits against a backdrop of industrial buildings and is surrounded by grazing cattle, is among the last remnants of the way Palm River once was. ...more

January 10, 2008

A Miramar-based liquor distributor plans to add as many as 550 employees and build a shopping-mall-sized warehouse facility in south Hillsborough County as part of a massive local expansion. ...more

November 30, 2007