An early morning fire caused heavy damage to a St. Petersburg home today. ...more

December 26, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said today that Florida's orange crop may be smaller than expected. The USDA reduced its estimate for the 2008-09 season by 1 million boxes, to 165 million. ...more

December 11, 2008

Five boys accused of discharging 80 fire extinguishers and causing $4,000 worth of damage to a building at a Lakeland apartment complex were arrested today on felony criminal mischief charges, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 2, 2008

Two people broke open the door to a concession stand building at East Point Little League Park in Seffner and took boxes of candy and a Kodak digital camera from the safe, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested 18-year-old Joshua Kidd and a 15-year-old Tampa boy at the boy's home Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

About two dozen volunteers carved out about three hours of their Saturday morning to do something that, to Barbara Newlin, seems so simple and yet has such far-reaching impact. ...more

November 17, 2008

Bob Williams of Wesley Chapel wants American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to get the goodies he is sending. He has boxes and boxes of donated items, including socks, coffee, underwear and cookies, all ready and packed. He just lacks the cash to pay the post office. ...more

November 10, 2008

9:45 a.m.: Ardythe Woods says she didn't want to cause a stir at Precinct 422 on West Waters in Hillsborough County this morning. But when she didn't get the second page of the ballot, she said she had no choice. None of the voters had the second page of their ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

Lawyers for developer Gene Thomason turned over 600 new pages of documents to residents last week to comply with a judge's order. ...more

October 15, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Florida's orange crop to be slightly lower than last year. ...more

October 10, 2008

CORY LAKE ISLES - Lawyers for developer Gene Thomason turned over 600 new pages of documents to residents this week to comply with a judge's order. ...more

October 10, 2008