Crime and Public Safety

By Tamas Mondovics That smoke alarms save lives there is little doubt. Unfortunately, the first line of fire prevention is to actually have functioning alarms...

By Tamas Mondovics The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is scheduled for later this month and local agencies and businesses are once again joining...

According to Daniel Noah, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, there are, on average, 1,170,979 flashes of lightning in Florida each year....

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has arrested three individuals for selling stolen appliances from new construction homes within Hillsborough, Marion, Hernando, Manatee and Sarasota...

By Tamas Mondovics The extra hour of sleep that came with the end of daylight saving time this fall may have come in handy for...

By Tamas Mondovics Hillsborough County has reported an isolated breach of protected information within its Aging Services Department last month. Aging Services offers numerous services designed...

By Tamas Mondovics Boyfriend Shot After Pulling Gun On Patrol Deputies Firearm related incidents kept Hillsborough County Sheriff’s on their toes last month, including...

By Tamas Mondovics Car theft and burglaries are a daily concern and a nagging problem plaguing area communities keeping local law enforcement officers busy. But when...

It’s tax refund season, and with extra money in their pockets, people are out buying new and used vehicles. The staff at Riverview Auto...

By Tamas Mondovics It is safe to say that to care for the more than 200,000 students in the eighth-largest school districts in the nation...