TAMPA - Three people fatally shot by Jorge Orlando Bello Garcia in his northwest Tampa rental home Saturday morning were childhood friends who knew one another from the time they were 10 or 11, a friend said Monday. ...more

June 9, 2008

TAMPA - Fourteen apartments near Carrollwood were evacuated this morning because of a fire, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

May 2, 2008

A single-wide mobile home fire in Valrico this morning left one man displaced, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. ...more

January 7, 2008

Sifting through the scorched ruins of his parents' home, Joe Wakefield didn't know Sunday where his family would gather for Christmas. ...more

December 24, 2007

A Christmas tree fire "totally devastated" a single-family home this morning in the Citrus Park area, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

December 23, 2007

Witnesses said a minivan driver rolled through a stop sign and hit a school bus Thursday morning, sending the pregnant van driver and eight students to local hospitals. ...more

December 14, 2007

Crash investigators spent much of this morning investigating a collision between a minivan and a school bus at Valrico and Durant roads in Valrico. ...more

December 13, 2007

Arson investigators are still on the scene of an early morning bus fire at a church in Riverview. The fire was set about 1:30 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, 12842 Balm Riverview Road, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. ...more

December 12, 2007

A fire that destroyed a $900,000 home Monday apparently started when the occupant walked away from a barbecue grill after turning up the burners to clean it. ...more

December 11, 2007

LUTZ - A two-alarm fire Monday night destroyed a home at 1205 Lake Charles Circle, a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman said. ...more

December 11, 2007