ST PETERSBURG - An ambulance driver and paramedic were injured this afternoon when the ambulance they were in collided with a flatbed truck on Interstate 275, fire officials said. According to Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue, the SunStar ambulance was on its way to an emergency, with its lights and sirens activated, when it was struck in the rear by the flatbed truck, near Roosevelt Boulevard, at about 12:30 p.m. ...more

May 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A fire broke out in the back of the sales office at L.O.R. Motorcars this morning, but it quickly was extinguished and did less than $5,000 damage, fire officials said. ...more

May 19, 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

A one-time Republican candidate for a state House seat pleaded guilty Friday to charges he siphoned about $110,000 from the account of a dead man, prosecutors say. ...more

January 14, 2008