With a theme park ride as their training ground, about 40 firefighters and instructors practiced rescue operations in swift waters on Thursday. ...more

August 29, 2009

Many Floridians are howling mad about legislation that would mandate sterilization of dogs and cats, and they should be. ...more

February 16, 2009

A new volunteer group wants to provide assistance to residents who can't bear to part with their pets during an evacuation. ...more

June 15, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Many West Pasco residents can't bear to part with their pets during an evacuation. The county's new PART volunteer group says it can help in such situations. Pasco Animal Response Team is a group of volunteers willing to help with all aspects of animal-related emergencies. It operates under the direction of Pasco County Animal Services, according to Dr. Terry Spencer, the county's staff veterinarian. ...more

June 11, 2008

When Hillary Stewart and her husband, Michael, head home from their jobs each day, they have four foster kids waiting for them - only these are not the two-legged variety. ...more

June 11, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A heliport operator has filed complaints with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, saying that deputies have nearly caused two crashes in the past six months and are flying too low over an airfield near the interstate. ...more

June 2, 2008

Irena Sendler - credited with saving an estimated 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some in baskets - died Monday in Warsaw. She was 98. ...more

May 13, 2008

A steel footbridge collapsed Tuesday in western Nepal under the weight of hundreds of people on their way to a fair, plunging scores about 100 feet into icy Himalayan waters. At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 were missing and feared dead, officials said. ...more

December 26, 2007

PLANT CITY - A 13-month-old boy who was found floating facedown in his grandparents' pool Sunday afternoon has died, police said. ...more

November 9, 2007

PLANT CITY - A 13-month-old boy remained hospitalized today in Tampa after nearly drowning in his grandparents' pool Sunday afternoon, police said. ...more

November 5, 2007