TAMPA - Friends, family and colleagues are gathering today for a memorial service for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Christopher Artigas, who was shot dead Saturday. ...more

June 11, 2008

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 10, 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

Firefighters are trying to free a 15-year-old boy who got wedged in a tree at Paul Sanders Park in Brandon. ...more

June 2, 2008

A family cat died in a house fire today in Northdale, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ray Yeakley said. The fire burned through much of the roof, and damage estimates were set at $110,000. ...more

May 29, 2008

PLANT CITY A predawn fire destroyed a three-unit apartment building outside Plant City, forcing one resident to escape through a second-story window, authorities said. Emergency units from three agencies in two counties responded to today's 4 a.m. alarm at 800 Sundial Loop, off Paul Buchman Highway, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ray Yeakley said. ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA - A 55-year-old man was arrested today after the 1-year-old boy he was babysitting wandered off about half a mile from home. ...more

May 28, 2008

A small fire was extinguished in a storage room at Mimis Café, 11702 N. Dale Mabry Highway, shortly after 7 p.m. today, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ray Yeakley. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA – Hillsborough County Fire Rescue workers spent the early morning hours mopping up after a fire damaged a town house complex near Brandon. ...more

May 23, 2008

The state fire marshal division is trying to determine the cause of a fire at a mobile home early Thursday where two bodies were found. ...more

May 23, 2008