Hillsborough County news
Seven exotic parrots stolen from Petland
TAMPA -- Whoever smashed out the glass front door of the Petland store in Town 'N Country knew exactly what they wanted -- pretty parrots that cost a lot of money.

Woman, 84, is killed in accident
TAMPA -- An 84-year-old Tampa woman was killed Friday in a two-car wreck.

Dog finds suspect in home invasion underwater in lake
Two men in masks and with guns barge in on a Brandon family. One is still being sought.

Judge weighs sum due to Aisenbergs
A federal judge is left to determine how much a couple should be repaid for defending themselves against charges after their daughter disappeared.

A closer look: one Hillsborough synagogue
Beth Israel, the Jewish Congregation of Sun City Center

Sandra Thompson
Child safety is the real scare of this Halloween
Halloween is next week, and I can't say I'm really looking forward to it. I don't have any kids at home, and where we live now we're not likely to get trick or treaters, so the holiday doesn't really affect me directly at all. But I overheard a woman at the gym ask another if she was taking her trick-or-treat-age kid out, and she said she was taking him to Davis Islands. I guess that's one place that seems safe now.

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