SEBRING — Two large controlled fires in southern Polk County may produce smoke and haze in the northern part of Highlands County. ...more

December 17, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Students from Athenian Academy of Pasco have pitched in to help with restoration efforts in parts of Greece affected by wildfires in August. ...more

December 14, 2007

Residents must sign up with the city of Safety Harbor to be in the know and eligible to receive telephone notifications of emergencies in their neighborhood. ...more

December 14, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Investigators today released a video they hope will help them solve a string of arsons that occurred over a two-day period last month. ...more

December 4, 2007

System: Microsoft Xbox 360 Publisher: Bandai Namco ...more

November 9, 2007

As I look at what Mother Nature is dishing out here lately, it makes me sad, yet it also has opened my eyes. ...more

November 4, 2007

One person was seriously hurt during a flash fire at a Pinellas Park gas station today. The fire started when a tanker truck was being offloaded at a RaceTrac gas station at 12574 66th St. N. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Ten volunteers with the Tampa chapter of the American Red Cross will head into the fire zones of California this week to help open shelters and feed evacuees or whatever else is needed in the shadows of the wildfires that are ravaging southern California. ...more

October 24, 2007

TAMPA - The city of Tampa and MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday renewed their agreement to provide mutual aid in the event of a military plane crash or other disaster. ...more

October 18, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– It was about 1:15 p.m. when Adam Hess sat down for an interview. He got out two sentences when tones on his two-way radio sounded. A car had veered off Catfish Creek Road and wound up in low, scrub trees. A hot catalytic converter set the grass on fire. "This always happens," he said, shaking his head in an apology. "I've got to go." Hess and a crew took off in the brush truck and an engine. ...more

September 17, 2007