A 76-year-old woman was visiting a Tampa home when a fire started and caused about $40,000 damage. About 12:03 p.m. today, firefighters came to a wood frame home at 1013 E. 14th Ave. and saw smoke coming from inside. Firefighters got the fire under control within 10 minutes. ...more

April 1, 2009

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue workers battled a two-alarm fire at an abandoned house in Ruskin early this morning. ...more

January 20, 2009

Considering the failing health of the economy, it may come as no surprise that the number of families turning to social services for free or reduced-cost health care is off the charts. ...more

January 12, 2009

Emergency responders called this afternoon to a possible domestic disturbance upgraded the incident to a structure fire after the woman living at the home called 911 and told dispatchers her boyfriend was trying to set the house ablaze, authorities say. ...more

December 28, 2008

A Largo police sergeant did nothing wrong this month when he fatally shot a man who appeared to be reaching for a weapon, the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office concluded. ...more

October 24, 2008

Oct. 15 is the deadline for residents who have not filed for the rebate. With a week to go, more than 18,000 eligible residents in Hillsborough County have yet to file the required paperwork to receive a rebate check, according to the IRS. ...more

October 8, 2008

Neighbors have been complaining about speeders and cut-through traffic along Third Avenue Southeast, and county officials are considering the possibility of speed humps. ...more

June 28, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - After two young men were shot in a car Sunday night, police spent the better part of the evening trying to track down the car of the men who wounded them, initiating two pursuits. ...more

June 23, 2008

It's summer, and some parents are looking for interesting things for their children to do. If you have daughters ages 11 to 14, the Ophelia Project of Tampa Bay has something special to offer them. ...more

June 21, 2008

AARP is offering free tax preparation to middle- and low-income taxpayers. ...more

February 13, 2008