Dover News

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.

Three masked intruders shot one man to death and injured another late last night in Dover, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Hillsborough County deputies are trying to determine how a person was hit by a CSX train overnight.

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:46 a.m. PLANT CITY Israel Lopez remembers the day he drove away from the home that was almost his.

Three traffic crashes in Hillsborough County since Saturday have killed a man and a woman and left a man in critical condition, officials said.

The search is on for talented teen musicians to compete in the 12th Annual Teenage Battle of the Bands hosted by the Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department.

More than 70 roosters were seized from two Dover homes Wednesday morning along with more than 30 pieces of equipment used in cockfighting, Hillsborough County Animal Services investigators say.

Two members of the Dover Locos gang were arrested after deputies found a bag of marijuana and thousands of dollars inside a Cadillac Escalade, Hillsborough County deputies say.

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. A recent cold snap had farmers pumping groundwater to spray their crops, triggering underground voids and a rash of sinkholes.

Carolyn Wagner remembers her first trips to the strawberry fields, about 80 years ago.

If you're crazy about fresh strawberries and don't mind getting your fingers stained with strawberry juice, you can save some money by visiting one of several strawberry farms in the Plant City area now open for U-pick. Mark Harrell, the grower at Strawberry Station, 5805 Varn Road, opens his farm to U-pick on Monday.

A 7-year-old girl struck by a car in Dover this morning is expected to recover. Jamilex Velasquez was chasing after a dog and ran from behind a parked vehicle into the path of a Jeep on Sydney Dover Road near ...

The driver of a 1993 Dodge van has been charged with DUI-manslaughter following a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer late Tuesday that killed one of the driver's passengers.

If you have no health insurance there is a place you can get acute care for free.

Though it's cold and dreary in many parts of the country, Florida strawberry growers are harvesting the first fruit of the winter strawberry season under sunny skies and mild temperatures.