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Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Submitted by Susan Wilson, Assignment Editor
Saturday, May 11th, 2013, 3:19am
Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Carrollwood, Florida - Mail carriers will take part in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Residents can leave non-perishable food item by their mailbox and the letter carrier will pick it up. The food will be donated to food banks to distribute to needy citizens.

Last year, over 70-million pounds of food was donated across the country.

If you cannot leave food items by your mailbox, you can drop it by your local post office.

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Couple arrested in drug house bust near school, daycare

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 5:44pm

Spring Hill, Florida -- A five-week long investigation into the distribution of crack cocaine led to the arrest of a couple and the seizure of numerous drugs at a Spring Hill home just a couple blocks away from a daycare and school.

PHOTOS: Couple arrested in Spring Hill drug house bust

Hernando Sheriff's Narcotics detectives pulled over Ryan Hunter as he left the home in the 10300 block of Walton Street and searched the home. 

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Mother's Day deals offered all over Tampa Bay!

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 5:12pm

Tampa Bay, Florida-- Celebrate with mom at some of the free and discounted events offered in the Tampa area this Mother's Day!

10 News searched high and low and found the following fun ways for you to spoil mom and save your money this weekend:

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo and the Florida Aquarium are offering free admission for moms on both Saturday and Sunday, May 11 and 12, with the purchase of a full paid admission ticket.

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Hernando County officials want sinkhole relief

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 9:18am

BROOKSVILLE, Florida (AP) - Hernando County Commissioners are appealing to state and federal legislators for sinkhole relief.

The Tampa Tribune reports that since 2000, the property appraiser's office has recorded 6,106 sinkhole properties in Hernando County. Of those, 2,726 were repaired and 3,380 were not repaired.

The commission will send a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for financial relief.

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Cell phone bills too high? Here's how you can save hundreds!

Submitted by Bob Shackelford, Producer
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 8:36am

St. Petersburg, Florida -- The average family can spend as much as $1600 a year on their cell phones. Just think of the things you could buy for your family if you could shave just a little off your wireless bills.

A lot of what you're paying your cell phone provider could be for services you don't even use. Or perhaps you're not taking advantage of discounts that will save you money, or have locked yourself into a contract you don't need.

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Hernando inmates to handle landscaping, ground maintenance work

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 3:32am
Hernando inmates to handle landscaping, ground maintenance work

Hernando County, Florida-- Sheriff Al Nienhuis has announced a new Hernando County Sheriff's Office plan for pinching those tax-payer pennies!

According to Sheriff Nienhuis, inmates from the Hernando County Detention Center will now be responsible for the landscaping and grounds maintenance at both the Hernando County Sheriff's Office and the Hernando County Detention Center.

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Man threatens to kill ex-girlfriend on Facebook

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 12:50pm

Spring Hill, Florida -- A Spring Hill man extremely upset that his ex-girlfriend had moved on with another man was arrested Wednesday after he made multiple threats to kill the couple on their Facebook pages.

Amy White notified Pasco Sheriff's deputies her ex-boyfriend of five years Seth Warner has been sending her and her new boyfriend threatening messages on Facebook. The two also share a child.

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