A chemical spill forced the evacuation and temporary closure of the University of South Florida's physics building just before noon today. ...more

May 21, 2008

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH - A Dunedin man was seriously burned this morning when he got into his sport utility vehicle, poured some liquid over himself and the vehicle's interior, and then set himself on fire, Pinellas County sheriff's officials say. ...more

January 24, 2008

WAUCHULA — Two 15-year-old Hardee Junior High School students face multiple charges, including felony criminal mischief, in connection with the vandalism of their school. ...more

January 24, 2008

WAUCHULA — Vandals armed with spray paint cans struck classroom walls, doors, floors, hallways and the center court of the gymnasium at Hardee Junior High School Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. ...more

January 24, 2008

Investigators are trying to determine how a mother and her two young children were overcome by a Tuesday morning fire that spread no farther than a storage room at the motel where they lived. ...more

January 16, 2008

How were a mother and her two small children overcome by a Tuesday morning fire that failed to spread beyond a storage room at the motel where they lived? ...more

January 15, 2008

Country Club Refutes Inspection Report On Dec. 12, Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club underwent a routine Health Department inspection. Our staff was preparing lunch at the time. We received an "excellent" rating (90 of 100) which, I am pleased to say, is also routine. ...more

January 4, 2008

SARASOTA - What do you call Japanese glass floats, used fire extinguishers, rusty meat grinders, at least one dynamite plunger, a 1924 Dodge Brothers electric hand-crank car that hasn't moved since 1977, moose antlers, gourds, air horns, farm tools, footlockers, heavy rotary phones and a filing cabinet that once contained the records of the federal case against Manuel Noriega -- all stashed under one roof? "Crap," declares Willy Barrineau. ...more

December 26, 2007