It was the middle of the night and Buddy Carter's dogs started barking up a storm. While that's not out of the ordinary on any given evening at Carter's Canine Condos, there was just something different about the sounds that sent up a red flag. ...more

February 25, 2009

HCRD MEN'S SOFTBALL (thru 02-20-09) ...more

February 24, 2009

A fire at a mobile home park north of Thonotosassa has been extinguished, but not before burning about 3 acres, an unoccupied mobile home and a pole barn, Hillsborough County firefighters say. ...more

February 24, 2009

Firefighters had a 50-acre brush fire west of Hudson about 90 percent contained Monday evening, and homes in the path of the blaze appeared safe, state forestry officials say. ...more

February 24, 2009

Firefighters have a 50-acre brush fire west of Hudson about 90 percent contained, and homes in the path of the blaze appear safe, state forestry officials say. ...more

February 23, 2009

Source of blaze under investigation, appears suspicious, officials say. ...more

February 23, 2009

A fire early this morning injured two people and destroyed a house in Hillsborough County. Firefighters arrived at a burning structure at 8211 State Road 674 near Wimauma and found it nearly burned to the ground, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. ...more

February 23, 2009

Firefighters call it "The Palace." Built in 2000, Fire Station 1 on Dairy Road is a penthouse compared with the city's downtown fire station. ...more

February 21, 2009

Tax crusader Linda Hayward wants to know why the county is raiding its workers' compensation fund to pay for fire district purchases, including two power ambulance stretchers totaling $18,872. ...more

February 20, 2009

A brush fire that threatened a mobile home in Polk County has been contained. ...more

February 18, 2009