ST. PETERSBURG -- St. Petersburg, where New Year's Eve revelers have been known to fire guns into the air, is putting out a public service announcement this morning advising them not to do the same Wednesday night. Last New Year's Eve, there were 16 incidents of stray bullets falling from the sky, and in two cases people were struck and wounded. ...more

December 30, 2008

The year is nearly over and that means the big citrus is about to fall in Brooksville. ...more

December 29, 2008

A giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year — despite the city's cease-and-desist order. ...more

December 24, 2008

The screams of joy carried down historic Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Their man had done it. ...more

November 5, 2008

The Mama Guava Stumble Parade lived up to its madcap legacy Saturday night as thousands of creatures staggered down Ybor City's crowded Seventh Avenue. ...more

October 25, 2008

Assailants threw two grenades into a crowd of Independence Day revelers, killing seven and injuring more than 100 in a brazen attack that escalates the war between Mexico's army and drug gangs. ...more

September 17, 2008

Every February, Carnival in Trinidad is a celebration that blows the beads off Mardi Gras in New Orleans and rivals Carnaval in Rio. ...more

August 7, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- The former home of what once was one of the city's most notorious nightspots could become a house of worship by early next year. The pastor of the East Lake Church of God in Christ doesn't think this should cause anyone a problem. ...more

August 2, 2008

A packed running of the bulls left one daredevil gored and four others injured Saturday at Pamplona's annual San Fermin festival, officials said. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Kevin Serra offered sunscreen to a couple clutching black garbage bags in the parking lot of Ben T. Davis Beach on the Courtney Campbell Parkway this morning. ...more

July 5, 2008