With two chilling nights behind them, residents in West Central Florida face two more potential freezing mornings as a stubborn cold spell digs in. ...more

January 5, 2010

A radio station's turkey-frying stunt was a recipe for disaster Friday morning when an attempt to cook the frozen bird in a van resulted in the vehicle catching fire, eventually injuring a firefighter. ...more

December 19, 2009

A radio station's turkey-frying stunt turned into a recipe for disaster when an attempt to cook the frozen bird in a van resulted in the vehicle catching fire. ...more

December 18, 2009

TAMPA -- Arson investigators say that an early morning fire today, which heavily damaged a vacant house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year, appears suspicious. This morning's blaze is the 19th over the past 12 months in and near the V.M. Ybor neighborhood just north of the historic district. ...more

December 15, 2009

Employees at the Bank of America on Gandy Boulevard are returning to work after a threatening letter and white powder mailed to the branch today led to a brief evacuation. ...more

December 10, 2009

Fire Station No. 22, a long-anticipated firehouse to serve subdivisions on the eastern end of Cross Creek Boulevard and parts of unincorporated Hillsborough County on Morris Bridge Road, has moved one step closer to construction. ...more

November 25, 2009

The intersection of Palm Avenue and 21st Street is closed after a four-vehicle crash about 2:30 p.m. today. ...more

November 10, 2009

Jerold Dale Hager was a few blocks from dropping off his grandsons. They had stopped to grab milkshakes at Arby's after a Boy Scouts meeting Monday night, and Hager was behind the wheel of his Ford pickup, heading west on Busch Boulevard. ...more

October 21, 2009

An ambulance driver lost control of his vehicle Monday night and crashed into a pickup truck on Busch Boulevard, Tampa police said, closing the road in both directions for hours. ...more

October 20, 2009

If you dig fireboats, you'll love Tampa Fire Rescue's newest piece of floating fire equipment. The 69-foot, 52-ton Patriot cruised beneath the Sunshine Skyway about noon Monday en route to its new home on Davis Islands. ...more

September 29, 2009