A Tampa woman was detained at the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport this morning and charged with violating a concealed weapons permit as she walked through a security checkpoint with a .32-caliber handgun in her purse. Frances A. Fuller, 55, 3709 N. 36th St., has a concealed weapons permit, but the permit does not allow her to carry her gun onto airport property, according to Pinellas County sheriff's deputies who arrested Fuller shortly after 7 a.m. today. ...more

July 20, 2009

Three Jeep Wranglers were set on fire this morning, one in Largo and two not far away in the jurisdiction of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, officials say. ...more

July 16, 2009

Investigators will try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a double-wide mobile home this afternoon at Doral Village on U.S. 19 in Dunedin. ...more

July 11, 2009

A warehouse fire Sunday night caused damage estimated at $1.5 million, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 6, 2009

Cousins riding personal watercraft near Anclote Island collided this morning, leaving both injured. ...more

July 5, 2009

Investigators say a 15-month-old boy's death Thursday night may have been caused when he choked on sunflower seeds. ...more

July 3, 2009

Pinellas deputies are trying to determine who ran a red light and caused a collision that left one driver dead and the other injured on Monday. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Andrew Cavanaugh, 79, of Oldsmar, was killed when his Buick Century collided with a Toyota Camry driven by M. Jaqueline Stinson, 71, also of Oldsmar. ...more

June 16, 2009

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies busted two grow houses and arrested three people Wednesday in St. Petersburg and Dunedin, thanks to a tip received a month ago. ...more

June 11, 2009

The former property manager at BayWalk, St. Petersburg's downtown entertainment and retail complex, killed himself Wednesday, authorities say. ...more

June 11, 2009

A 32-year-old man who went for a predawn swim in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued Saturday after almost five hours of treading water, the U.S. Coast Guard said. ...more

June 7, 2009