TAMPA - A veteran search and rescue specialist reported to a Tampa fire station Thursday evening on his way to wherever Hurricane Ike makes landfall. He brought with him supplies to last 14 days and a friendly, panting black Labrador retriever named Cinder. ...more

September 11, 2008

A Riverview man who said he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog was jailed today on felony animal cruelty charges. ...more

July 29, 2008

Just one peek into those happy chocolate-brown eyes and Justice can melt hearts. ...more

July 21, 2008

Just one peek into those happy chocolate brown eyes and Justice can melt hearts. ...more

July 17, 2008

It was the online photo of a fluffy, white American Eskimo pup that enticed the Steele family south to the Manatee Humane Society in Bradenton. ...more

July 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - There is a heroine in Pasco County who needs help from the community she has served for six years. ...more

June 24, 2008

Pat and Shirley Miketinac don't live off the land. They live in it. ...more

June 4, 2008

Dana Gandolfo can see the difference in her 2-year-old. She was taking him to work, a shop she and her husband own in Valrico. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA - A Largo woman was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after deputies found 17 dogs living in their own waste in her deteriorating home, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 19, 2008

Airport police call it "the miracle landing" at Tampa International. A 65-pound Labrador retriever, without benefit of an airplane or parachute, flew from the top of an airport parking deck six stories down - and survived. ...more

February 8, 2008