A woman whose severe mental illness drove her to kill her 2-year-old son died last month at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee. ...more

November 19, 2009

A 3-year-old boy playing with a lighter on his bed this afternoon started a fire that damaged a Clearwater duplex, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 25, 2009

A high-speed pursuit late Wednesday night ended with the suspect volunteering to be arrested. ...more

January 17, 2009

When Hal Turner put his 1100-square-foot Sun City Center duplex on the market one year ago, he anticipated reeling in $129,000 like his neighbors who had recently sold. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008

CLEARWATER An officer who helped rescue seven people, including a baby, from a burning duplex this morning described a scene of smoke, flames and cries for help. ...more

September 13, 2008

Police said a man shot two people at a South Tampa fast-food restaurant and then fatally shot himself this morning. ...more

July 29, 2008

Two chickens, a pitbull mix and her two puppies were living outside a duplex within inches of feces and urine, according to Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman. ...more

July 16, 2008

The slowdown in the area commercial real estate market has prompted the owners of the vacant Citrus Landing Office Park to offer the property at public auction. ...more

July 16, 2008

She awoke at 4 a.m. with smoke in her lungs and fire at her window. Her children snuggled next to her in bed. ...more

February 10, 2008