DUNEDIN -- Fire Department officials told city commissioners Thursday the city has an opportunity to acquire a $453,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build an emergency operations and training center. Commission unanimously approved seeking the grant. ...more

July 11, 2008

It may be known formally as Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Station No. 24, but for Lutz residents, it's now "Uncle Pete's" fire station, too. ...more

June 28, 2008

The second-highest ranking officer in the fire district got a raise. ...more

June 27, 2008

The second-highest ranking officer in the fire district got a raise. ...more

June 26, 2008

When Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Henry D. Dorsey learned of his friend and colleague's death, Dorsey was in Bealls shopping for a Father's Day gift for himself. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA - Friends, family and colleagues are gathering today for a memorial service for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Christopher Artigas, who was shot dead Saturday. ...more

June 11, 2008

Tammany Hall Revisited Would you care to join me in a renaming contest for Clocktower Boulevard in Beacon Woods? My entry has a basis I will explain. It is Boondoggle Boulevard. ...more

May 21, 2008

Pinellas County gives just nine employees a county car to drive. In Pasco County, just 10 supervisors drive county cars home, a number that will be cut later this year. ...more

May 12, 2008

Residents will have plenty of options when they head to the polls April 8 to choose a replacement for outgoing city councilwoman Celia Graham. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - Kirsten Simenson's fourth-grade class at FishHawk Creek Elementary School has embarked on a pet project that is just purr-fect for emergency workers who have to resuscitate smoke-filled animals. ...more

January 11, 2008