The question has been answered by voters twice before. Both times Spring Hill residents were opposed to an independent fire district. ...more

October 26, 2008

A man's death from a stroke in May has sparked a tug-of-war over whether to keep an advanced life support ambulance in upscale Lutz or transfer it to Progress Village, a much poorer community with many more calls for ambulance service. ...more

October 12, 2008

Based on findings from last year's controversial fire study, a consolidated fire department might actually be a worthy endeavor, according to one local 20-year fire department veteran. ...more

October 11, 2008

Pasco County firefighters are battling a house fire in progress at 5011 Beau Road. It didn't appear anyone was in the residence, according to eyewitness accounts. No official reports, however, are yet available. ...more

September 29, 2008

Prosecutors are trying to prove to a jury that Justin Jerrod Grayer, 21, threw the fatal blows that killed Jose Anaya on an early October morning in Plant City. ...more

September 3, 2008

Deputies broke down a door and shot a man to death as he was stabbing a woman inside a south Manatee County home this morning, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 22, 2008

"This is the perfect storm, for us," Steve "Plunkett" Coltharp, interim director of Highlands County EMS, said as he stood under the bay roof that protected two ambulances from the rain at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The more things change, the more they remain the same. In the middle of the last century, a building with large glass bay doors at the corner of what is now Main Street and S.R. 580 housed a gas station. ...more

August 2, 2008

Each day, supply officer John Luecke takes stock of the Pasco County Fire Rescue reserves and distributes life-saving medications to ambulances and firetrucks. ...more

July 13, 2008

Ramon E. Diaz's ninth unnecessary call to 911 landed him in jail, Tampa police said. ...more

July 10, 2008