When the city council recently approved an electrified security fence at a Nebraska Avenue tire shop, the decision set off alarm bells. ...more

November 4, 2009

The City Council has paved the way for the installation of a new city-owned impound lot that could be ready by the end of January. The Council approved an $11,000 bid by Hudson-based Hendrickson Fence and Rail to install 540 feet of fencing, topped with barbed wire, and a pair of 16-foot gates to an area behind City Hall adjacent to the police station entrance. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Border Patrol has finished installing razor-sharp barbed wire atop a 5-mile stretch of fence on the Mexican border, an addition critics call heavy-handed and an eyesore. ...more

November 20, 2008

Vincent Moore entered a parking lot enclosed by a locked chain-link fence and barbed wire, got in a vehicle and stole several bottles of water, police say. ...more

September 22, 2008

It's ironic that Florida's prison system is called the Department of Corrections, since there is very little correcting going on. ...more

July 23, 2008

Detectives were looking for a man and woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Detectives are looking for a man and a woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 21, 2008

A local physician weathers a storm of anxiety waiting to hear word about her elderly mother and other relatives in Myanmar. ...more

May 10, 2008

Concerned about the possible construction of town houses nearby and an incident that involved teenagers shooting paintballs at leopards, Big Cat Rescue officials recently began the first phase of installing a 10-foot-tall wall around the sanctuary's property. ...more

February 11, 2008

Concerned about development and an incident that involved teenagers shooting paintballs at leopards, Big Cat Rescue officials began the first phase of installing a 10-foot-tall wall around the sanctuary's property. ...more

February 9, 2008