Equipped with a quick lesson on listening and a flashlight, 10-year-old Megan Birnholz wandered into the darkness with 40 or so folks of like mind. ...more

September 3, 2008

I live on Dauphin Island, three miles into the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Alabama. As I read the political positioning by the president and presidential candidates on whether to rescind restrictions on offshore oil drilling as a solution to soaring gas prices, I can only shake my head while gaping at the brightly lit crown of oil and natural gas rigs that surround my community. ...more

August 3, 2008

The Temple Terrace Fire Department will use a federal grant to purchase devices that are attached to a patient's finger to monitor carbon monoxide levels in the bloodstream. ...more

January 23, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The Temple Terrace Fire Department will use a federal grant to purchase devices that are attached to a patient's finger to monitor carbon monoxide levels in the bloodstream. Temple Terrace's $32,360 Assistance to Firefighters Grant is one of the last to be allocated from a total of $490 million in 2007 Federal Emergency Management Agency grants, including $4.7 million to 39 fire departments in Florida, according to Fire Chief Keith Chapman. ...more

January 22, 2008

Riverview Elementary School students learned even more about ammonia today, their first day back at school since a pipeline leak sent the poisonous gas into the air, canceling classes for two days. Members of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue hazardous materials team talked to fourth- and fifth-graders as part of the Great American Teach-In. ...more

November 15, 2007

Villagers fled the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes Saturday after seismic readings indicated that an eruption had started after weeks of heightened activity. ...more

November 4, 2007