Tampa, Florida-- The numbers are in, and they are up! More homes were sold last month in the Tampa Bay area than in in the past seven years combined.

According to MLS figures, 3,100 homes were sold in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties last month, a 7 percent increase compared to the same month in 2012.

Home sales prices also increased, up 22 percent over the same time period. 

The average home in the Tampa Bay area sold for $150,000.

Spring Hill, Florida -- Deputies say a woman opened a Bright House Network in her infant's name, after she was unable to open her own account. 

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office says it received a complaint earlier this year that Jamie Sue Bledsoe had possibly used the name of an infant to open a Bright House account.

Brooksville, FL -- The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is assisting the Drug Enforcement Agency with a Drug Take Back Program on Saturday, April 27.

The event will take place at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 13300 Cortez Blvd. in Brooksville from 10 a.m.. to 2 p.m.

Citizens with unused and/or expired medications that would like to dispose of them properly can bring them to the Drug Take Back Program. The drugs will be disposed of at no cost to citizens.