HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla - Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise has signed an executive order extending the county’s state

The Department of Defense (DoD) this week announced an award to Hillsborough County Public Schools from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. The grant, totaling $86,374,326, will fund the replacement of Tinker Elementary/Middle School at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,

Over the past two years, the Hillsborough County School Board has closed a half-dozen schools as part of its redrawing of school boundaries. Many of them had received low grades from the state for years,

Not since 1993 has there been a changing of the guard at the Hillsborough Public Defender’s Office. So the scene inside the county’s largest courtroom earlier this month had the flair of history as Lisa McLean raised a hand and took the oath to support and defend the Constitution.

Hillsborough County extended its local state of emergency due to Hurricane Milton; County Administrator Bonnie Wise acted to facilitate ongoing recovery and resource mobilization.

A man and a woman have been charged with attempted murder, and other crimes, in the December 2024 shooting of off-duty ATF Special Agent Matthew Murray at a Florida bowling alley.

RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) — Five teens are accused of burglarizing a U-Haul truck in Hillsborough County.

The Hillsborough County School District is hosting an open house next week for teaching positions to help fill vacancies.

A 29-year-old man accused of robbing multiple Florida gas stations at gunpoint near Tampa was arrested when rental car records identified him, deputies said. Deputies responded to multiple calls Jan. 18 reporting armed robberies, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 20 news release.

An attorney representing Hillsborough County has filed an appeal in the state’s Second District Court of Appeal of a ruling that could have statewide implications in solidifying protections for employees who are lawful medical marijuana patients under Florida law.

Two other district employees received high honors. Antonyia McCray, a student success coach at Freedom High School, was named the Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year. McCray, 31, has worked for the district since 2017.

A bill filed ahead of the 2025 regular legislative session would protect public employees from positive marijuana tests — if they have a medical prescription.