Hillsborough County News

Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. Timothy Underwood had gone out the night before with friends, his father said.

Deputies have arrested a man who allegedly stole a truck after ordering a 9-year-old child to get out of the vehicle.

A bioengineering research company that will create 100 high-paying jobs is set to build on the University of South Florida's campus after receiving key funding approval today from the Hillsborough County ...

Authorities say a woman who died in a small plane crash east of Tampa was a cancer patient being flown home from treatment at an area hospital.

The atmosphere in the waiting area of John Mubang's clinic in Seffner was "a social event with everyone involved in conversations about how easy it was to get prescriptions," according to an affidavit filed in ...

Prosecutors called their final witnesses Thursday - several experts who testified about DNA links and bloodstain patterns - then rested its murder case against youth minister Joshua Rosa.

The debris is scattered 100 yards from one of the runways at Vandenburg Airport in eastern Hillsborough county.

Two chickens, a pitbull mix and her two puppies were living outside a duplex within inches of feces and urine, according to Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman.

Hillsborough County voters will decide in November whether to continue paying a property tax assessment to protect environmentally sensitive lands from development.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has identified a body that was discovered at the Altamonte Apartments located at 8730 N. Himes Avenue in Tampa.

The former medical director of the Hillsborough County Jail is going to jail after being arrested this afternoon on charges he prescribed drugs for monetary gain and trafficked in controlled substances, ...

A man and his son escaped a structure fire in the Progress Village area of Tampa on Wednesday afternoon, but the house was destroyed.

A 68-year-old Tampa woman was arrested today for forcing a severally mentally handicapped man to perform oral sex on her, police say.

Jury selection is ongoing in the case against Joshua Rosa, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the Dec.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistance in finding a 50-year-old woman missing since 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Hate it when you see a litterbug? Now you can exact vengeance by cell phone. Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization aimed at keeping the county free of litter, has started a pilot program ...

Florida agricultural experts say they are working to learn more about a mysterious disease that is killing sabal palms -- the state tree.

A line of severe thunderstorms moving northwest toward the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon has dumped at least 2 inches of rain - and golf ball-sized chunks of hail - in some parts of Hillsborough County, ...

Francisco Pecina was on the phone last night with Joe Luis Castanada, according to police, talking about a cocaine deal involving a couple hundred grams.

Deputies arrested a couple Thursday they say wore motorcycle helmets and carried handguns when they robbed a Tampa pharmacy of OxyContin in May.