A Pinellas County deputy answering a complaint about puppies digging under a neighbor's fence was bitten by the dog's mother Wednesday evening. ...more

March 26, 2009

Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more

March 22, 2009

Firefighters continued to battle brush fires around the Tampa Bay area Sunday, while others have been contained. ...more

March 22, 2009

A canine unit for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has arrested an armed suspect who also was a South Carolina fugitive, deputies say. ...more

March 20, 2009

A federal prisoner stands accused in a rape that occurred 22 years ago in Pinellas County, according to authorities and court records. ...more

March 18, 2009

An infrared device originally used to help troops detect suicide bombers is now available for local law enforcement agencies, and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has purchased two of them, according to a spokesman for the company selling them. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Ford Bronco turned onto 113th Street in Seminole and drove into the path of a motorcyclist Monday night, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 17, 2009

A guitar-swinging melee sent three people to the hospital and one of them to jail, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 14, 2009

Two men accused of stealing a washer, dryer and other appliances from a St. Petersburg home this afternoon caused two car crashes as they fled from deputies, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Narcotics detectives this morning dismantled a marijuana-cultivation operation they uncovered in a string of small warehouses behind a Palm Harbor business plaza, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Search warrants were executed at the five units behind the Four Seasons Plaza, 39070 U.S. 19 N., sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 9, 2009