SEBRING — What started as a choking turned into a major scare for customers at The Sunset Grille Saturday evening as too many good Samaritans rushed the balcony and caused it to partially collapse. Nobody was injured by the collapse of the deck, said Tom Dunn, the deputy chief of the Sebring Fire Department. The choking victim was driven to Highlands Regional Medical Center, but her name and condition were not available Sunday afternoon. The choking and deck collapse were reported at 7:46 p.m. Saturday. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA - Firefighters have reopened Nebraska Avenue between Hillsborough and Hanna avenues after a fire that destroyed Tampa Bay Hardware Sunday night shut down the surrounding roads for nearly 24 hours. ...more

June 9, 2008

Officials say about 50 mobile homes were damaged but no one was seriously injured when a possible tornado moved through northern Lee County. ...more

June 9, 2008

A Sunday evening fire gutted Tampa Bay Hardware, the oldest hardware store in the city and a mainstay of the Seminole Heights neighborhood for decades. ...more

June 9, 2008

When the dogs took a special, sniffy interest in her "snake plant" last year about this time, Mary Winemiller grew curious. She finally went outside to investigate. ...more

May 28, 2008

When The Players Championship began opening-round play Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, Paul Goydos was the first player to find water at the never-popular, ball-gobbling No. 17 par-3 island green. ...more

May 12, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A 6-year-old Tampa girl is on life-support at All Children's Hospital after she fell into a swimming pool Sunday evening, police say. ...more

February 11, 2008

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings. ...more

February 11, 2008

The Gaza Strip's only electric power plant shut down Sunday evening after Israel halted the shipment of diesel that fuels it, plunging most of this city into darkness and threatening such vital services as hospitals, bakeries, water supply and sewage. ...more

January 21, 2008

A 17-year-old boy came home from school Monday to find his 45-year-old father shot to death in their Lakeland home. ...more

January 16, 2008