Almost a dozen pageant winners, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick young girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently. The pageant queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. ...more

July 2, 2008

Almost a dozen pageant winners, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick young girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital last week. The pageant queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA - Almost a dozen beauty queens, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick little girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital this morning. The queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. Outside, Tampa Fire Rescue firefighters hoisted hospitalized little boys up onto the gleaming red truck. Some yanked at the steering wheel while others, in hospital pajamas and plastic firefighter helmets, climbed on the back. Some were still attached to IVs dragged around behind them. ...more

June 20, 2008

Firefighters hit the stairs of Bank of America to prepare for Climb Tampa, an American Lung Association fundraiser. ...more

February 13, 2008

A local company has agreed to pay $16,500 in fines stemming from a flash fire in June that gave a worker burns on 30 percent of his body. ...more

January 23, 2008

A local company faces more than $139,000 in fines because of a flash fire in June that badly burned an employee. ...more

January 4, 2008

SEBRING — Thermal imaging cameras have changed the way firefighters fight fire, and now every fire truck in the city of Sebring is equipped with one. "We can now ensure for every call in the city we have this tool available," said Fire Chief Brad Batz. "Any entry firefighter will have this tool available for search and rescue." Firefighters actually have the camera in hand before they even pick up a hose. The screen generates thermal images of the fire scene, which are illuminated in various colors, even in the dark. Body heat can be detected, helping firefighters find victims, and fires can even be found through walls. ...more

December 15, 2007

A fire displaced a mother and her two young daughters from their mobile home Monday morning. ...more

December 11, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A minister's apartment caught fire Thursday moments after he left to take a friend home, St. Petersburg fire officials said. ...more

November 9, 2007