LAND O'LAKES - More than $20,000 has disappeared from the coffers of the Land O'Lakes volunteer fire department, and the department's treasurer has been arrested. The Pasco County sheriff's office charged Alicia Long Puertas, 32, of Lutz, with felony grand theft of more than $20,000. On Saturday, Puertas was in the Land O'Lakes jail on $10,000 bond. ...more

November 3, 2007

Where there's smoke, there's fire – and longtime firefighter Timothy Fussell. A mainstay for 32 years, Fussell retired Sept. 29 as a battalion chief for the Pasco County Emergency Services Department. County commissioners recently honored him with a resolution. ...more

October 27, 2007

The Lutz Volunteer Fire Department is relocating its ambulance to East Hillsborough on a 90-day trial basis beginning Nov. 1. ...more

October 17, 2007

Fall festival season is here. Several church and charitable organizations have scheduled activities to celebrate the season or Halloween, when tradition encourages little goblins and ghosts, angels and pumpkin-heads to come out of hiding and enjoy the world's bounty. ...more

October 16, 2007

It was the most intense fire ever recorded in the Black Hills National Forest, but nearly all homes coated with a slimy gel were saved while dozens of houses nearby burned to the ground. ...more

October 13, 2007

A recent string of Hillsborough County school bus accidents requiring emergency rescue response prompted the Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department to dedicate its annual open house to children this year. ...more

October 12, 2007

VALRICO - A recent string of Hillsborough County school bus accidents requiring emergency rescue response prompted the Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department to dedicate its annual open house to children this year. ...more

October 11, 2007

The ambulance stationed at the Lutz Volunteer Fire Department gets so few emergency calls that Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials want to find a better use for it. ...more

October 10, 2007

A stretch of downtown green space along U.S. 41 will turn into a parking lot for classic and custom cars Saturday. ...more

October 5, 2007

A stretch of downtown green space along U.S. 41 will turn into a parking lot for classic and custom cars on Saturday. ...more

October 1, 2007