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A 14-year-old boy was taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning Friday night after his uncle gave him grain alcohol, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

A 28-year-old Spring Hill man has admitted robbing several pharmacies at gunpoint last year, demanding and receiving oxycodone and methadone.

Last month, U.S. congressional candidate Maj. Randy Edwards spoke at the Florida Democratic Party's annual conference in Orlando.

As a 28-year-old Brandon man was choking the mother of his three children unconscious this morning, he told her he was going to kill her and dump her body at a gator pond, Hillsborough County deputies say.

24 to be sure dog owners had the chance to have their pets checked out. If annual vaccinations were due, they got them.

Members of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, joined by students from nearby Nelson and Pinecrest elementary schools, along with teachers and local residents, attended two consecutive ribbon cuttings for the recently completed Durant Rd.

Garage Sale Announced The Buckingham Community Yard/Garage Sale, located south of Lumsden Rd., at the intersection of St.

The ability to get outdoors and walk is a gift none of us should take for granted, as so many battling cancer are left without the strength to do so, which is why residents are invited to walk in support of St.

By Jennifer Silverstein When Anthony and Leena Caliguire moved to FishHawk from New York five years ago in July of 2004, they experienced a very unusual hurricane season where four hurricanes and one tropical storm ravaged the state.

NIMBY is the well-worn acronym familiar to community activists, zoning experts and land-use lawyers when residents clash with a developer looking to enhance - or ruin, depending on your perspective - a community.

Most people Jim Allen's age are starting to wind down their working lives. But Allen has no plans to quit anytime soon.

In the past 12 months, three teenaged girls asked for permission from Highlands County judges to have abortions.

The owners of a Tampa company have been arrested in Peru in connection with a scheme to defraud at least 300 Florida homeowners, most Hispanic, by offering to help them avoid foreclosure.

Nearly a year after learning that tainted Chinese drywall was corroding wires and pipes, pushing down property values and possibly creating health problems for Floridians, legislators are gearing up to tackle the problem.

A truck driver from Fairmount was taken to West Marion Community Hospital in Ocala, Fla.

A standoff is underway with an armed suspect who has barricaded himself inside a Valrico liquor store.

African Violet Council of Florida: The "Romancing the violet" show and sale is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Howard Johnson Plaza, 111 W Fortune St.

Authorities recently arrested a Florida resident as part of a $40,000 embezzlement investigation from an Enterprise business.

The Enterprise Police Department says it has arrested Kameran Din of Valrico, FL for Theft of Property 1st Degree.