If you plan to drive to Central or North Florida if a hurricane threatens the Tampa Bay area, the Department of Transportation has a plan that may help you. Here's what you need to know about contra-flow: ...more

May 23, 2008

SEBRING — American Red Cross Service Director for Highlands County, Art Harriman, celebrated the 127th anniversary today, of the national chapter's founding by attending a business meeting. Glenn Fowler, service delivery specialist said the local Red Cross has been providing local disaster relief for 76 years since 1932. "This office has responded to as many single family fires so far this year at 46 as we have in any other year previous," he said. ...more

May 21, 2008

At least 15 people were evacuated from an apartment complex tonight when heavy smoke was seen billowing from a vacant unit, fire officials said. ...more

May 18, 2008

Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering - including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. ...more

January 10, 2008

Thousands of Haitians sought shelter in schoolhouses Saturday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 143 across the Caribbean. ...more

November 4, 2007

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger flipped the coin, thanked the firefighters and yelled, 'Go, Chargers, go!' ...more

October 29, 2007

Chased from their homes and practice fields by deadly wildfires, the San Diego Chargers will return home to play the Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday as scheduled. ...more

October 27, 2007

TAMPA - Ten volunteers with the Tampa chapter of the American Red Cross will head into the fire zones of California this week to help open shelters and feed evacuees or whatever else is needed in the shadows of the wildfires that are ravaging southern California. ...more

October 24, 2007

Jaguars quarterback David Garrard had an MRI on Tuesday to determine the extent of his sprained left ankle. ...more

October 24, 2007

If you need to flee from a giant firestorm that threatens to turn your world to ashes, Ronald Garza allowed between bites of an ice cream bar Tuesday, 'this is probably the best place to be.' ...more

October 24, 2007