An off-duty Tampa Fire Rescue driver was arrested early this morning on charges he was driving while intoxicated. Rodney Shelby Brown, 47, was arrested by Hillsborough County deputies at McIntosh Road and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard about midnight. ...more

August 20, 2008

VETERANS GROUPS UPCOMING ACTIVITIES BREAKFAST BUFFET: The Men's Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Holiday Post 10167 will host a breakfast buffet from 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 3 at 4619 Bartelt Road. ...more

July 20, 2008

VETERANS GROUPS UPCOMING GAME PLAY, POOL AND PINS: American Legion Paradise Post 79 will host euchre games at 1 p.m. Wednesday at post headquarters, 5329 Legion Place, New Port Richey. Music will follow at 3:30 p.m. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA — On any other morning, Mike Wasp would have been serving eggs and coffee to the neighborhood regulars who wandered into Nuevo Café. ...more

July 10, 2008

Ramon E. Diaz's ninth unnecessary call to 911 landed him in jail, Tampa police said. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of what they are calling a suspicious fire at a vacant house. ...more

July 8, 2008

VETERANS UPCOMING YARD SALE: Larry Tawney Memorial VFW Post 4412 will host a yard sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the post, 13129 Colony Road in Hudson. Call (727) 856-0051. ...more

July 8, 2008

Two apartments were heavily damaged tonight when a fire threatened a 16-unit building at The Pavilions at Ballast Point in South Tampa, but no one was hurt. ...more

July 6, 2008

TAMPA - Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that damaged a home in the 1500 block of East Palifox Street, Tampa Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - A fire this morning sparked by an electrical short in an outlet caused about $60,000 worth of damage to a house in North Tampa, firefighters said. Tampa Fire Rescue responded to the blaze at 10917 Hyacinth Ave. about 6:16 a.m. and had the flames under control within 15 minutes. No one was injured. ...more

July 1, 2008