The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 28, 2009

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 27, 2009

TAMPA -- Arson investigators say that an early morning fire today, which heavily damaged a vacant house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year, appears suspicious. This morning's blaze is the 19th over the past 12 months in and near the V.M. Ybor neighborhood just north of the historic district. ...more

December 15, 2009

Todd Stepp remembers an unusual call for help his family-owned towing company received more than a decade ago. ...more

December 13, 2009

Todd Stepp remembers an unusual call for help his family-owned towing company received more than a decade ago. An 1,150-pound Tampa woman needed to get to a hospital, but there was no way she could fit in any ambulance. ...more

December 10, 2009

A fuel tanker slid into a ditch near the Port of Tampa today after its driver lost control of the truck, reports said. ...more

December 5, 2009

A cigar street party, Light Up the Night, will benefit the Tampa Firefighters Museum and the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. ...more

November 11, 2009

John Shuey's letter ("Union bashing," Nov. 4) tries to point out the evils of management while vainly attempting to show the virtues of unionism. Let me point out to him that while unions did play an important role during the early 20th century in ridding the many abuses that management was guilty of, this is no longer the case. ...more

November 8, 2009

Tampa firefighters were running up the stairs Thursday at the 42-story Bank of America Plaza, but not to fight fires. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tampa firefighters were running up the stairs today at the 42-story Bank of America Plaza. Not to fight fires. To train for the fourth annual Climb Tampa on March 21 at the downtown office tower. ...more

March 5, 2009