Investigators from Hillsborough County Animal Services charged a man and a woman today with felony animal cruelty, saying they failed to seek help for an injured dog. ...more

December 18, 2008

PALM HARBOR -- A local animal shelter is taking puppies and dogs from a shelter in Georgia that experienced a range of hardships – including kennels flooded because of wet winter weather. This afternoon, the local organization, the Suncoast Animal League of Palm Harbor, is expected to take in three dozen puppies and six dogs transported by the league from Georgetown, Ga., said Rick Chaboudy executive director of Suncoast. ...more

December 17, 2008

West Pasco residents can root for a local canine to become top dog in a nationwide online photo contest. Baarney, a Bedlington terrier who calls New Port Richey home, is one of 20 finalists from among 700 dog photos submitted to the USA Today online contest, owner Patricia Patterson explains. ...more

December 16, 2008

A Federal Aviation Administration investigator was on the scene Sunday of a plane crash that happened at Golf Hammock Saturday. ...more

December 14, 2008

Police said three or four suspects broke into a home on the 2700 block of 19th Avenue East at about 2:55 a.m. today and started shooting. A 50-year-old Tampa man remains hospitalized after being shot in his bedroom. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA - A 50-year-old Tampa man remains hospitalized after being shot in his bedroom. Police said three or four suspects broke into a home on the 2700 block of 19th Avenue E. at about 2:55 a.m. today and started shooting. A man, whose name is not being released by The Tampa Tribune because his assailants have not been apprehended, was shot once in the chest. ...more

December 12, 2008

Hillsborough County Animal Services is removing about 75 dogs along with cats and exotic birds from a property at 1306 Pelote Cemetery Road in Lithia. ...more

December 10, 2008

Hitting the horseback trail could help save an animal and keep Equestrian Club Country running. ...more

December 10, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Two suspected car thieves were arrested Thursday night after the car they were in, which was being chased by Pinellas County sheriff's deputies, crashed into a home in Gulfport. Joe Lewis Bradford, 20, of 4057 Ninth Ave. S., and Darryl D. Jenkins, 20, of 4702 15th Ave. S. were caught after they got out of the wrecked 2006 Saturn and ran, deputies said. They were tracked by dogs and arrested an hour and a half later within three blocks of the crash. ...more

November 28, 2008

Pasco County deputies were investigating a home invasion that occurred about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. ...more

November 27, 2008