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Hillsborough County, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2020) – Hillsborough County cold weather shelters will open tonight, Monday, Jan. 20, for the homeless and for those who live in homes without adequate heat. The National Weather Service expects local temperatures to dip to or below 40 degrees with wind...

Join us for the 2020 Black Heritage Celebration. This free event is for our active adults age 50+ and will feature food, door prizes, music and live entertainment. Things to know Semi-formal (era or fashion influencer) Limited transit options for senior center members RSVP by Feb. 10...

Hillsborough County, Fla. (Jan. 17, 2020) - Hillsborough County's plan to bring a regional-sized playground to the Seffner-Mango area has one big question left to be resolved: Where should the playground be built? Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation will hold an open house on Tuesday, Jan....

Hillsborough County this month awarded $5,000 to a group of volunteers - many of them retired firefighters - that's restoring a vintage fire truck and re-purposing the vehicle as a rolling fire museum. It's part of an effort to encourage preservation and promote heritage tourism. The allocation is...

Hillsborough County, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2020) - Longtime county solicitor, state attorney, and state judge Emiliano Jose "E.J." Salcines may have retired from public service, but the West Tampa icon continues to make his mark on public facilities in the community. On Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m.,...

A bright-yellow Hillsborough County fire truck will stretch out among participants in the Children's Gasparilla Parade along Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday. The truck, which has an extendable 100-foot-long ladder, is assigned to Station 28 in Sun City Center. It's one of about 100 units in the...

Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Hillsborough County almost 68 years ago to speak at an NAACP rally at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. His appearance on Nov. 19, 1961, was delayed 30 minutes by a bomb scare. King waited in a car outside the Armory until authorities determined there was no bomb. He then...

There are several free options for disposing of your Christmas tree if you are a Hillsborough County Solid Waste customer. You can have it picked up at the curb or drop it off at one of our facilities. See our Recycling Holiday Guide for more information. Looking to hang onto your...

While the number of emergency calls that Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) responds to annually has been going up steadily in recent years, the number jumped considerably in 2019. HCFR responded to 113,178 calls in 2019, up 4,083 over 2018's total of 109,095. Since 2016, the number of...

This is the quarterly Board of County Commissioners award ceremony.