Dover News

Fire Department on scene. -Bloomingdale Av: at Duncan Rd - accident - Sheriff Department on scene.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. DOVER As the sun peeks above the horizon, farmworkers push the delicate roots of spindly strawberry plants into the ground at Three Star Farms.

The tents are going up, new landscaping going in and numerous community groups are preparing for yet another Hillsborough County Fair, opening Wednesday, Nov.

Repurposing household throwaways to serve a higher calling as yard art may be its own reward, but the payoff just got bigger.

"This year marks the third annual - Operation: Mulrennan Salutes' and we are planning a bigger and better event that will be designed to allow all members of our community to show their support and gratitude to our nation's veterans," said Mulrennan Middle School seventh grade U.S. history teacher James W. Pope, who has organized the event since ...

The Hillsborough County Health Department will begin giving swine flu vaccines on Tuesday.

Two men died overnight in a car crash on North Tanner Road and Lake Price Drive in Orlando, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

County Commissioner Mark Sharpe says he plans to call for an independent investigation of a 1 percent pay raise that County Administrator Pat Bean approved for herself two years ago.

A community activist has filed state ethics complaints against Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean, County Attorney Renee Lee and County Commissioner Kevin White.

SB Grand Blvd at Sunray Dr - accident - Florida Highway Patrol on the scene reporting lane blockage.

Dover, a small, normally quiet farming community in East Hillsborough County, just got very popular.

Published: Friday, July 24, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 2:17 a.m. LAKELAND A woman whose husband was killed in a lawn mower accident this year is working to keep the lawn mowing business they started together going after someone stole all of her lawn equipment recently.

A historical novel set during the Vietnam War era by Felix Haynes, president of the Plant City Hillsborough Community College campus, has been published by Vantage Press.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are still on the scene of a serious crash involving an off-duty trooper early this morning that has shut down westbound Interstate 4 for more than two hours.

A Florida man accused of running a large-scale prostitution ring in Minnesota was sentenced Tuesday to 28 months in prison for conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. Thirty-three-year-old Oscar Rogelio Hisep-Roman, of Dover, Fla., also received three years of supervised release.

Severe weather in Hillsborough County has knocked down several large pine trees near Carrollwood, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Hillsborough County Public Schools is sponsoring free summer Voluntary Prekindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds. The free clases run Monday through THURSDAY from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. between June 10 and July 30, at 24 public elementary schools.

Tampa, Fla. On the recommendation of the Health Department, both Dover Elementary School and the Willis Peters Exceptional Student Education Center are being closed for the rest of the school year due to concerns of flu.

A man who had a seizure this afternoon while hiking in the woods was rescued by a Hillsborough County sheriff's helicopter pilot and deputy.

Police arrested the assistant principal for administration at Strawberry Crest High School in Dover for driving under the influence this morning, records show.