The presents have been opened, the visitors have long since departed (unless they're from out of state) and the big day has come and gone. ...more

December 26, 2009

Turns out a fairway makes a pretty decent landing strip. A two-passenger plane crashed on a fairway in Lakewood Estates in south St. Petersburg shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday. The plane lost part of a wing, but the pilot was able to walk away without injuries. ...more

December 25, 2009

The apartment complex manager told authorities there was no power to the unit and that the occupant had been using candles as a light source. ...more

December 23, 2009

One mother was chased out of her first-floor apartment by flames after her 22-month-old son knocked over a candle Monday night. ...more

December 23, 2009

One mother was chased out of her first-floor apartment by flames after her 22-month-old son knocked over a candle. Within minutes, a mother in the apartment above found herself and her three children trapped as billowing smoke and fire blocked their front-door exit. ...more

December 22, 2009

Arson investigators say a suspicious fire Tuesday heavily damaged a house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year. ...more

December 16, 2009

The ramp from 54th Avenue S. to Interstate 275 will be closed until at least late Thursday after a concrete truck accident gouged a huge hole in the roadway. ...more

December 14, 2009

Daytime temperatures hovered around 60 today, but it will be much cooler for the tree lighters and carolers ushering in the holiday season tonight. ...more

November 27, 2009

Fire Station No. 22, a long-anticipated firehouse to serve subdivisions on the eastern end of Cross Creek Boulevard and parts of unincorporated Hillsborough County on Morris Bridge Road, has moved one step closer to construction. ...more

November 25, 2009

Hannelore Hoffmen could see the chaos and hear it outside of her neighbor's home Sunday night: the smoke, the crackling of the fire, the confusion from those who had been inside and the screams. ...more

November 17, 2009