The brigands loyal to the mayor of Ybor City cleared the way Sunday for pirates to invade next week with volleys of stale Cuban bread and blasts from water cannons. ...more

January 26, 2009

A fire blamed on overloaded electric circuits did about $150,000 in damage to a sushi restaurant on Dale Mabry Highway this morning. ...more

January 25, 2009

Food left cooking on a stove caused a fire late Saturday night in an apartment building on Manhattan Avenue. ...more

January 25, 2009

A man and woman were injured this morning when a fire erupted in the attic of the Haines City house they were living in. ...more

January 23, 2009

The Progress Village-Palm River communities will soon get an ambulance and crew to provide around-the-clock advanced life support coverage. ...more

January 23, 2009

Pasco County Fire Rescue had hoped to be in its new Station 16 before the end of the year. Now it looks like the station on State Road 54 won't be ready until mid-February. ...more

January 22, 2009

County fire officials are once again recommending that an advanced life-support ambulance be moved full time from a Lutz fire station to the much poorer minority community of Progress Village. ...more

January 22, 2009

Firefighters in Polk County extinguished a blaze that damaged a house in Lakeland and left a family of four without a home this morning. ...more

January 18, 2009

A fire late Saturday night heavily damaged a home's garage in St. Petersburg but spared the house from all but smoke damage. ...more

January 18, 2009

Local pilots who waited years for a private hangar at the Zephyrhills Airport were thrilled when the city's $2.8 million expansion was completed in November. ...more

January 15, 2009