Forty-eight students and eight teachers were evacuated from a St. Petersburg preschool when a fire started in the building's attic this afternoon, authorities say. ...more

December 23, 2008

A crash involving a utility van and another vehicle has shut down one northbound lane of the Sunshine Skyway bridge. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. near mile marker 11 on the north span of the bridge in Pinellas County. ...more

December 22, 2008

A family of five and a menagerie of pets that ranged from mammals to reptiles escaped a kitchen fire today that did $10,000 damage, authorities say. ...more

December 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG One of the ramps leading to Interstate 275 is no longer backed up following a three-vehicle wreck on the interstate, fire officials said. The accident occurred at 6:36 a.m. today just north of the 54th Avenue South exit, said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg and Rescue. Motorists trying to access the northbound lanes of the interstate temporarily experienced a backup due to the wreck, he said. ...more

December 9, 2008

A child playing with a lighter started a fire Sunday night that caused smoke damage to a St. Petersburg home, authorities say. ...more

December 8, 2008

Passers-by lifted a sport utility vehicle off a driver after it rolled over in St. Petersburg this afternoon, police say. The driver later died. ...more

December 4, 2008

Firefighters and social workers scrambled today to relocate the last occupants of a hotel where the electricity was turned off because of an unpaid bill of $45,000. The power at the JMS Hotel, 4601 34th St. S., was turned off a week ago today, said Lt. Joel Granata, spokesman for St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue. ...more

December 3, 2008

Mike Alstott carried a pigskin for 11 years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Tuesday, he carried turkeys for firefighters. ...more

November 26, 2008

Mike Alstott carried a pigskin for 11 years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Today he carried turkeys for firefighters. ...more

November 25, 2008

No one was seriously hurt tonight after a fire caused $50,000 in damage to a house at 1500 Seventh St. S., St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue officials said. ...more

November 20, 2008