A Frostproof fire is now 100 percent contained but has done plenty of damage. ...more

March 3, 2009

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a community meeting next week to discuss the extent of the Raytheon Co. plume of industrial waste in groundwater under the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg. ...more

January 8, 2009

About a dozen residents of an apartment complex watched as St. Petersburg firefighters battled a small blaze at the Brandywine Apartment complex near the Tyrone Square Mall just before 1 a.m. today. The fire started in a laundry room on the first floor at 6367 16th Terrace N. ...more

December 17, 2008

Owners of the BrandyWine apartment complex in St. Petersburg near the contaminated Raytheon industrial site will host an open house at 6:30 tonight so residents can learn more about indoor air quality testing by the Florida Department of Health. ...more

November 25, 2008

Raytheon Corp. has begun cleaning groundwater pollution under its closed defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Raytheon Corp. has begun an interim cleanup of groundwater pollution under its now-closed defense plant at 1500 72nd Ave. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 18, 2008

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in a home near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 12, 2008

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical inside a home at the Brandywine Apartments near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 10, 2008

Oscar Silva lives at BrandyWine apartments in St. Petersburg just a few hundred feet from the Raytheon defense plant. Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health sent a letter to Silva telling him the indoor air in his apartment has a cancer-causing level of a chemical called 1,2, Dichloroethane, also known as DCA, one of the chemicals showing up in the Raytheon groundwater plume that has been spreading under the neighborhoods since 1999. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Florida Department of Health says air tests have uncovered one of the same chemicals found in the Raytheon groundwater pollution plume in the indoor air of five apartments and condominiums near the company's defense plant at 1501 72nd St. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 17, 2008