With rising payroll costs creating record budget shortfalls, Mayor Pam Iorio's administration has capped cost-of-living increases for city workers and firefighters. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

A small fire in one of the back rooms at a Greyhound bus terminal in downtown St. Petersburg this evening will cause the terminal to be out of service for the rest of the night, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue Lt. Joel Granata said. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

A person moving into a house had left items on a stove that were ignited this morning after Progress Energy Corp. turned on the property's power, causing a fire, St. Petersburg fire officials said. The house, at 2532 Fourth Ave. S., was unoccupied at the time of the 10:20 a.m. blaze, Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue said. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

A fisherman who had loaded too much mullet in his vessel and had run out of gas needed to be rescued Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg fire officials said. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

A New Year's Day fire that may have been started by fireworks damaged a house, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue reported. ...more

January 1, 2009 |

Fire Stations Set LAND O' LAKES - Shiny red trucks need shiny new buildings to park in and they're getting them in some parts of the county. ...more

January 1, 2009 |

On the last day of 2008, the Wineberger family finally found some good fortune. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

Two teenagers playing with fireworks did an estimated $3,000 damage to a Kenneth City home, authorities say. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

Tampa Fire Rescue crews are searching a home in the Sulphur Springs area to make sure nobody is trapped after a house fire. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

The person who jumped off a second-story balcony to escape a fire Tuesday night has been identified as Gerald Parks, 60, Clearwater public safety officials said this morning. Parks had already leapt off the balcony when firefighters arrived at the two-alarm blaze at a condominium building at 171 Marina Del Ray Court at about 11:30 p.m. ...more

December 31, 2008 |