Annie Fonseca stole more than $25,000 in electricity while using a home to cultivate marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 22, 2009

Not only is it frigid outside, many Pasco residents and businesses are feeling a chill inside this morning as power outages surely had people reaching for extra blankets. ...more

January 22, 2009

The underground bunker near Tampa International Airport that police uncovered took their breath away. ...more

January 21, 2009

NASA has begun preparations for a Feb. 12 launch of U.S. space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, spending this weekend joining the external fuel tank and solid-rocket boosters to the shuttle. ...more

January 11, 2009

Almost $1 million worth of marijuana was seized Tuesday from an indoor grow operation at a Valrico home, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

January 7, 2009

A person moving into a house had left items on a stove that were ignited this morning after Progress Energy Corp. turned on the property's power, causing a fire, St. Petersburg fire officials said. The house, at 2532 Fourth Ave. S., was unoccupied at the time of the 10:20 a.m. blaze, Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue said. ...more

January 2, 2009

In the Great Depression, a family with no electricity, no running water, no money and no jobs had six girls. They helped raise chickens and hogs and grew vegetables. They built a smoke house to cure the hams. The family had fresh chickens, eggs, meat and vegetables. ...more

December 27, 2008

G.I. Jobs, a magazine that helps military personnel transition to the civilian workforce, has named Progress Energy one of the top 50 military-friendly employers, the utility announced this week. ...more

December 25, 2008

G.I. Jobs, a magazine that helps military personnel transition to the civilian workforce, has named Progress Energy one of the top 50 military-friendly employers, the utility announced this week. ...more

December 24, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. performed an energy audit last week at Hillsborough County's jails, which in recent months have sought ways to save money on energy bills. The audit yielded positive results, although some ideas generated by the audit had been in the works, Col. Jim Previtera said. ...more

December 23, 2008