Placid Utility water system customers in the Tomoka Heights subdivision on Beechwwod Way experienced emergency water shutdown at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, to repair a four-inch water line. Water was restored by noon. ...more

January 26, 2009

Placid Utility water system customers in the Tomoka Heights subdivision on Beechwwod Way experienced emergency water shutdown at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, to repair a four-inch water line. Water was restored by noon. ...more

January 26, 2009

A Pinellas County school bus driver was cited this morning after he rear-ended a car that had stopped to let an emergency rescue vehicle go by, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 26, 2009

American Red Cross volunteers helped a family of five who lost their home to fire on Christmas Eve, according to Phil Attinger with the American Red Cross Polk County chapter. ...more

December 26, 2008

TAMPA The Outback Steakhouse in Palma Ceia is closed for a few hours while the restaurant does safety checks after a fire outside evacuated the building during lunch, a manager said. Tampa Fire Rescue District Chief Toby Hart said that what appears to have been a trash fire started about 12:41 p.m. in the alleyway between the restaurant at 3403 Henderson Blvd. and another building. ...more

December 8, 2008

Federal health officials on Thursday ordered dozens of imported foods from China held at the border as possible health risks. Most are ethnic treats, including snacks, drinks and chocolates. ...more

November 14, 2008

A 19-year-old man accused of threatening his 15-year-old girlfriend Wednesday morning has turned himself in to Tampa police, authorities say. Frederick Alex Jackson, of 5038 Temple Heights Road, Tampa, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to Orient Road Jail. ...more

October 22, 2008

Police weren't sure whether an armed robber was still in a pawnshop when they were told of a holdup by an employee calling from inside, but now they have determined that in all likelihood the thief slipped out a side door. ...more

October 3, 2008

The list of products caught in China's tainted milk scandal grew Friday to include baby cereal in Hong Kong and snack foods in Japan. Meanwhile, Taiwan reported three children and a mother with kidney stones in the island's first cases possibly linked to the crisis. ...more

September 27, 2008

Polk Community College shut down its two campuses Monday, fearing a gunman might be en route. ...more

September 23, 2008