Hillsborough County commissioners last week did not clamp a lid on the garbage controversy. The board's refusal to crack down on big independent haulers who are violating the county's garbage contract set the stage for either a renegotiation of the trash franchises, a lawsuit or both. ...more

November 14, 2007

County commissioners have received hundreds of phone calls, e-mail messages and faxes in recent days about proposed changes to a trash-hauling ordinance, and lobbying will ratchet up considerably today, when independent haulers are planning demonstrations outside the County Center at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. ...more

November 7, 2007

A Dunedin man is behind bars after being arrested in connection with a purse-snatching involving an 89-year-old woman. ...more

November 1, 2007

A man who was looking through a dumpster behind a Sarasota Blockbuster video store found several boxes of paper with sensitive financial information from customers. ...more

October 22, 2007

Gregory Weinstein thought a house he bought last month was so ugly it could win a contest. ...more

October 21, 2007

TIERRA VERDE - Tampa Bay Watch, in partnership with Keep Pinellas Beautiful and The Ocean Conservancy, is seeking volunteers for the annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday. ...more

October 16, 2007

SPRING HILL - A 25-year-old father was killed by a passing pickup as he took out the trash early today. Darrell "Hank" Newberry died after being hit in his driveway at 11177 Elgin Boulevard, about a mile west of Mariner Boulevard. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the driver of the black Ford F-150 as James Morris, 21, of Weeki Wachee. ...more

October 10, 2007

Many, many bags are delivered to the county solid waste compound, but most contain trash and they're dumped deliberately. ...more

October 5, 2007

SULPHUR SPRINGS - An 8-year-old Sulphur Springs girl said she was walking home from Saturday school, Starburst candy in hand, when a stranger who might have been homeless grabbed her by the ponytail. ...more

September 30, 2007

Activist Karen Wagner sees trouble in the piles of trash left by careless visitors on the banks of the Alafia River near the Lithia-Pinecrest Road bridge. ...more

September 26, 2007