MILLIONS OF 'TWEENERS' HAVE MOBILE DEVICES ...more

June 26, 2008

In an action it has taken only twice before in the past 10 years, the Florida Professional Firefighters association is asking its 25,000 members not to have anything to do with a municipality whose firefighters, it says, are being treated poorly. ...more

June 23, 2008

CLEARWATER -- In an action it has taken only twice before over the past ten years, the Florida Professional Firefighters association is asking its 25,000 members not to have anything to do with a municipality whose firefighters, it says, are being treated poorly. This time, the city is Clearwater. ...more

June 19, 2008

BRADENTON - Frantic patrons of Peach's screamed, "Oh, my God," as they saw Pamela LeRose being shot to death Saturday outside the restaurant she managed. ...more

June 4, 2008

Luis Daniel Colon made sure he was the last passenger on a HART bus Monday night, then jumped up, held a knife to the driver's neck and told her to drive, police said. ...more

May 21, 2008

SEBRING — Cell phone callers dialing 911 in Highlands County will be better tracked in the near future. A $482,671 grant will help the sheriff's office upgrade its 911 system from analog to digital. For those who don't understand the difference, that would be like changing from a film camera to a digital one, explained Lisa Burley, chief of staff for Sheriff Susan Benton. ...more

May 7, 2008

Two controlled burns authorized by the Department of Forestry are burning nearly 200 acres in Pasco County today. ...more

February 20, 2008

The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested two people this week on a misdemeanor charge of misusing the 911 system, jail records show. ...more

February 13, 2008

The sheriff's office could have answers this week about how it handled a 911 call from a witness it thinks pinpointed the location of Michael King and Denise Lee shortly before Lee's slaying Jan. 17. ...more

February 7, 2008