Smokers making a New Year's resolution to quit can get help from Tobacco Free Florida. Callers to the toll-free Quitline at 1-877-U-CAN-NOW who enroll in counseling are able to choose from patches, gum and lozenges - a combination that doubles the chances a smoker will quit. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

Owners of the BrandyWine apartment complex in St. Petersburg near the contaminated Raytheon industrial site will host an open house at 6:30 tonight so residents can learn more about indoor air quality testing by the Florida Department of Health. ...more

November 25, 2008 |

A Port Richey pain doctor convicted of six charges of possessing and receiving child pornography was sentenced this afternoon to 33 years and 9 months in federal prison. ...more

November 24, 2008 |

A Port Richey pain doctor convicted of six charges of possessing and receiving child pornography is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon. ...more

November 24, 2008 |

Raytheon Corp. has begun cleaning groundwater pollution under its closed defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 21, 2008 |

A Pinellas County physician has been charged with illegally selling drugs he obtained by writing prescriptions in his patients' names without their knowledge. ...more

November 21, 2008 |

The Raytheon Corp. has begun an interim cleanup of groundwater pollution under its now-closed defense plant at 1500 72nd Ave. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 18, 2008 |

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in a home near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 12, 2008 |

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical inside a home at the Brandywine Apartments near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 10, 2008 |

Many individuals often pledge to quit smoking as a New Year's resolution. But come Jan. 1, an entire hospital will make a New Year's resolution to ban smoking. ...more

November 5, 2008 |