When Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Station No. 24 is dedicated in honor of Leslie "Pete" Dennison on Monday, it will be a well-deserved accolade that would have touched Dennison, his admirers say. ...more

June 21, 2008

TAMPA - A 28-year-old man was found guilty by a federal jury on charges of carjacking, kidnapping, robbery and several firearm violations, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Kelverick Lewis thought his infant son needed to go to the hospital, and he got enraged after Tampa Fire Rescue arrived on scene Wednesday night and said the child was fine, Tampa police say. ...more

June 17, 2008

What do you want to be when you grow up? A school shooter. Not the answer you would want from a kindergartner, or anyone for that matter. However, some of our youths are growing up to be exactly that, and a report released by the U.S. Secret Service in 2002 concluded that bullying played a significant role in many school shootings. ...more

June 15, 2008

Firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a St. Petersburg seafood market at 11350 Gandy Blvd. on Friday morning. ...more

June 14, 2008

Firefighters say the three-alarm fire at a St. Petersburg seafood market is out. ...more

June 13, 2008

When Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Henry D. Dorsey learned of his friend and colleague's death, Dorsey was in Bealls shopping for a Father's Day gift for himself. ...more

June 12, 2008

PLANT CITY - Firefighters are battling a blaze tonight that has completely engulfed a barn and consumed several large bales of hay, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

June 11, 2008

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

BRADENTON — A former firefighter who was acquitted in 2004 on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run crash that authorities say is alcohol-related. ...more

June 1, 2008