After Thursday afternoon's rain - which lasted minutes, not hours - Dave Fogler scraped his foot into the soil where a brush fire was still smoldering and quickly hit dry sand. The earth was damp for only a tenth of an inch, maybe two-tenths, he estimated, but the rain had been a godsend. ...more

February 20, 2009

Pasco County's brush truck engines are finally starting to cool. At least for a little while. ...more

February 19, 2009

A dog disease that veterinarians rarely saw five or 10 years ago is making a comeback in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 18, 2009

For the rest of the week, Pinellas will be peppered with more than 70,000 small fishy cakes containing rabies vaccine in an attempt to eradicate the disease in the county. ...more

February 4, 2009

A Russian partisan commander looks dismissively at the Bielski brothers, eyeing tough Zus (Liev Schreiber) and tougher Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and proclaiming, "Jews don't fight." ...more

January 16, 2009

The National Weather Service in Ruskin is forecasting cold weather in Highlands County, with temperatures tonight expected to dip to 31. ...more

January 16, 2009

The McTaggart family doesn't have to travel far to enjoy a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. ...more

December 26, 2008

Provided she gets enough volunteers, Kristin Taylor and others with THORN Ministries are planning an effort similar to their Thanksgiving dinner for the poor on Christmas Day. ...more

December 10, 2008

The body of a man was found early this morning in a wooded areas south of the 1200 block of West Memorial Blvd., an area where police say several homeless men were camping. Lakeland police say foul play is not suspected, but they won't be sure until an autopsy is concluded. Police are withholding the man's name until his family can be notified. ...more

November 27, 2008

This is one bird that officials at Penn State University don't want to see at Thanksgiving. ...more

November 27, 2008