About 65 people were displaced from a three-story apartment building in St. Petersburg this morning after a fire erupted in a nearby vacant building, fire officials said. ...more

November 9, 2008

It's all in the Legislature's hands. The elected representatives in Tallahassee must pass a bill that would officially make Spring Hill Fire Rescue an independent special district. ...more

November 6, 2008

A husband and wife escaped unharmed but were left homeless Friday night when fire swept through and destroyed their two-story home at 2995 W. Shula Road in the Highlands Lake Fire District. ...more

November 1, 2008

TAMPA Four-year-old Aidan LoCicero sat behind the wheel of a parked ambulance today, feet kicking above the pedals and imagination at high speed. ...more

October 25, 2008

The fire district's two highest-ranking officers are getting raises during a salary freeze. ...more

October 24, 2008

Property Appraiser Rob Turner likes to remind residents: He doesn't set taxes. Still, it doesn't keep critics like Democratic challenger Ken Ayers from accusing the three-term Republican incumbent of taxing people out of their homes. ...more

October 19, 2008

James Adkins says if he doesn't win a county commission seat this time, he's hanging up his political aspirations for good. ...more

October 19, 2008

Fire officials notified the state Fire Marshal's Office when an empty rental home caught fire Friday morning at 419-B. S. Pine St., in downtown Sebring. ...more

October 4, 2008

The city council voted to ban panhandling, charity collections and newspaper sales on medians along city streets, rejecting pleas from people who said they will lose money in the move. ...more

October 2, 2008

Whenever rescue units are faced with excavating someone from inside a collapsed building, they can be assured of backup. ...more

September 29, 2008