Tampa Police Det. Curtis Smith grew up in East Tampa. He remembers his father getting angry when people threw trash into his yard. ...more

January 3, 2010

A new solar-powered, bullet-resistant encased, remotely operated high-resolution camera captures images of illegal dumping in progress. ...more

December 30, 2009

At the corner of East 26th Avenue and North Garrison Street in the Grant Park neighborhood, Carla Wilson doesn't like what she sees. Across the street, the vacant house in foreclosure is going downhill fast. ...more

December 18, 2009

For decades, bedbugs have been almost mythical, the fodder of bedtime nursery rhymes. Recent restrictions on pesticides have created a resurgence of the bloodsucking creatures. ...more

December 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is realizing savings through a sewing program. ...more

March 12, 2009

Inmates are being kept in stitches through a sewing program the Pasco Sheriff's Office has started. The program teaches prisoners a vocational skill while cutting costs at the jails by patching mattresses and other items, according to a press release today from Tim Couet, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 5, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 18, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 17, 2009

Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day. ...more

January 2, 2009

Sharon Meyer wants to know what happened to her daughter. The teenager was supposed to get better during her year at Tampa Bay Academy's mental health center. Instead, a child who was disruptive grew more violent and repeatedly escaped from what was supposed to be constant supervision. ...more

December 20, 2008