New residents were startled recently when they realized that all the furniture had disappeared from one corner of the Atrium; then they noticed a large red object with pronged feet squatting there, close to the floor. Soon it was holding a tall pole reaching up past the second floor balconies, tied to the banisters with clear fishing wire stretched across the high ceiling of the room. What kind of mechanical monster had invaded Freedom Plaza? What was happening? ...more

November 26, 2008

TAMPA - Two construction workers in separate cherry-picker buckets were shocked this morning when one of the men touched an umbrella to an overhead power line, authorities said. ...more

June 23, 2008

SAFETY HARBOR – Beekeeper Ken Stack, 65, approached the beehive carefully this morning. ...more

January 25, 2008

A massive beehive has taken shape in a tree, roughly 50 feet in the air, during the past several months, and city officials decided to have it removed. ...more

January 23, 2008

EAST MANATEE - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008