Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Hernando County Housing Authority issued a press release recently saying it is accepting applications for providing housing repair and rehabilitation funding assistance to homeowners with "very low income." ...more

January 4, 2009

A New Year's Day fire that may have been started by fireworks damaged a house, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue reported. ...more

January 1, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG A 35-year-old man was killed New Year's Eve after he crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into another vehicle. Curtis Ronald Godfrey of 636 25th Ave. S. was declared dead at the scene of the accident, which took place shortly before midnight on 22nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 1, 2009

A 51-year-old Plant City man died after a crash Friday afternoon on Gallagher Road near U.S. Highway 92. ...more

December 26, 2008

Firefighters from two agencies battled blazes at separate locations this morning in Hillsborough County. In both instances there was extensive damage but no injury. ...more

December 26, 2008

Habitat for Humanity's Highlands County operation announced that it will acquire the assets of Rebuilding Together Highlands County Inc., a move described by both of the organizations' chief executives as a logical merger of the two corporate missions. ...more

December 26, 2008

A Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer was charged with driving under the influence after a two-car crash Friday night. ...more

December 20, 2008

Pinellas Park police are investigating a shooting near 81st Avenue and North 49th Street, an official said. ...more

December 18, 2008

The theft of a purse at a day care center turned into a two-county police pursuit and ended with gunfire this morning, authorities said. ...more

December 18, 2008