It can sometimes take no more than three seconds for a Christmas tree to become fully engulfed in flames. ...more

December 8, 2009

A krewe's parade float sustained damage from an early morning fire Sunday. Someone set fire to a panel truck at Hoops Auto Service, 6306 N. Nebraska Ave., with a load of tires inside and tires piled around it, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. Initial indications are that the fire was intentionally set. ...more

December 6, 2009

A person was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital after a two-story house fire Tuesday night, Hillsborough County emergency dispatch said. ...more

December 1, 2009

TAMPA The Academies, a not-for-profit public charter school for students with learning-related disabilities, hosted its second annual Family Abilities Information Rally on Oct. 17. Yes! of America United co-hosted the event along with Hillsborough County. ...more

November 25, 2009

A man poured a flammable liquid on his wife and set her on fire Tuesday afternoon at their home, authorities say. ...more

November 17, 2009

A man is in critical condition after firefighters found him unconscious on the floor of a burning house this morning. ...more

November 1, 2009

The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman's Club held a successful Book Exchange at the Oct. 10 Terrace Reads event. ...more

October 28, 2009

The landlord-tenant relationship between the Port of Tampa and the operator of Channelside Bay Plaza has drifted into choppy waters, with the port seeking better maintenance of the premises and nearly $200,000 in overdue payments, primarily on a parking contract. ...more

October 21, 2009

Four days before a hearing about the roughly $18,000 he owed his ex-wife in child support, Robert Cecil Laird jumped to his death from the Sunshine Skyway bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009

A car struck a utility pole off Sebring Parkway early Friday morning and left some customers in the dark for a few hours. ...more

September 22, 2009