LAND O' LAKES - Fido deserves a fighting chance, too. That's why the Suncoast Animal League donated 45 sets of animal resuscitation masks to Pasco County Fire Rescue on Thursday. ...more

August 7, 2009

A man who crashed a sport utility vehicle into a Clearwater police cruiser before leading police on a chase eventually was found hiding behind a big-screen TV, police say. ...more

December 9, 2008

A cab driver picking up a fare this morning at 5800 4th St. E. in Manatee County heard several gunshots, and discovered the cab had been struck several times, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

December 9, 2008

Deputies arrested two men early this morning on charges they set fire to a strip club in Clearwater where there had been kicked out hours earlier. ...more

November 10, 2008

A St. Petersburg man is in custody following a carjacking Tuesday night that ended with the stolen truck crashing first into a house and then a building. ...more

October 15, 2008

The combination of high gas prices and teens with empty pockets and wanderlust proved to be dangerous. ...more

October 9, 2008

Mojo isn't the type of police dog that bites the running bad guy. ...more

September 16, 2008

A woman was hospitalized after being shot while at home today in the Countryside area, police said. ...more

August 12, 2008

MULBERRY The handler of police canine Sam Diesel had kept the German shepherd in a portable kennel at the Mulberry Police Department in the weeks before the dog died inside a patrol car with faulty air conditioning, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the agency. ...more

August 5, 2008

The death of a police dog in a department car, blamed on a faulty air conditioner, points to the risks these animals face in helping fulfill their handlers' duties, dog handlers say. ...more

July 23, 2008