A man was stabbed in the chest on Monday night during an altercation in which he fired shots at his assailant, Tarpon Springs police said. The stab wounds inflicted on George Pattri, 49, were described as life-threatening, said Lt. Barbara Templeton of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. The man who reportedly assaulted him has not been identified. ...more

September 29, 2009

The city of Sebring was again disrupted by the arrival of suspicious envelopes, and the target this time was the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, two envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the sheriff's office in the mail, according to Lisa Burley, the sheriff's chief of staff. Sebring woman arrested for suspicious powder incident ...more

July 22, 2009

A 75-year-old Englishwoman who wandered away from a relative's home in Ruskin might have walked about three miles into a shopping area, the Hillsborough sheriff's office said this morning. ...more

March 12, 2009

The long-awaited vote on the emergency center is finally going to happen tonight. ...more

February 25, 2009

The Hernando County Health Department is widening its search for a woman attacked by a rabid cat Thursday, including reverse 911 calls to 805 people who live in the area. ...more

February 24, 2009

The Hernando County Health Department is widening its search for a woman attacked by a rabid cat last Thursday, including reverse 911 calls to 805 people who live in the area ...more

February 24, 2009

Almost any new cell phone can use GPS data to pinpoint your location to the corner where you stand. Many even offer turn-by-turn directions down the street. ...more

February 20, 2009

Sarasota County will immediately change how it handles 911 calls as a result of an infant's death last month, when emergency workers were sent to an address 30 miles from the baby's home. ...more

February 11, 2009

The Tampa Police Department will be keeping a virtual eye on today's Gasparilla Parade, using two mapping technologies that were also used by the department during Super Bowl XVIII. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Tampa Police Department will be keeping a virtual eye on Saturday's Gasparilla Parade, using two mapping technologies that were also used by the department during Super Bowl 43. ...more

February 6, 2009