Hillsborough County, Florida-- The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) says April 2013 now holds the record for the fourth highest ridership rate in all of HART's history! 

According to a release sent Thursday, April's bus ridership of 1,257,728 is a 6 percent increase from the 1,182,531 recorded riders in April 2012.

April 1st may have set the tone for the month's success, as HART reps say it saw the greatest daily ridership of the month with nearly 55,000 riders.

Tampa, Florida-- After hearing about the horrifying case in Cleveland, a lot of parents are using it as an opportunity to talk to their children about "stranger danger."

The three women in Cleveland all began their captivity the same way- they accepted a ride home from someone they didn't know, or didn't know well.

See also: Three kidnapped women found alive in Ohio

TAMPA, Florida - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for a new SMART home being built for a wounded Tampa Marine. Sergeant Mike Nicholson lost both his legs and his left arm in an improvised explosive device attack on July 2011 in Afghanistan. He grew up in South Tampa.

Dozens of people, including Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, attended the ceremony. It was held on the property site, along the 6300 block of Interbay Avenue.