A 15-year-old boy has been charged with culpable negligence in connection with an apartment complex fire that caused $100,000 in damage. The teenager, who is not being identified because of his age, was in an apartment at the High Points Apartment complex about 3:30 p.m. Monday when he created a homemade flame thrower by setting fire to the spray released from an aerosol can, said Capt. Jeffrey Harrington with the New Port Richey Police Department. ...more

April 21, 2009

Columbus Drive at 34th Street has reopened after a fire nearby at an insulation warehouse, fire officials said. The blaze at U.S. GreenFiber insulation is under investigation. ...more

April 15, 2009

Two women in their 20s suffered minor injuries this morning after a kitchen in their home caught fire, Tampa Fire Rescue said. ...more

April 10, 2009

After two years of grieving, lack of presence, wonderment as what was to happen, would anyone be remised or improper to make an honorable suggestion to Sheriff Benton, FHP, commanders and citizens of Highlands County, to ask if Sgt. Nicholas Sottile (FHP) could share space on the granite memorial site, in front of the sheriff's office, with Capt. Bob Hopton and Inspector Jim Rodgers? It would be common ground to be etched in stone for the loss to family and society in the performance of not a job, but a duty. ...more

April 8, 2009

A grass fire on the north end of Tampa International Airport's property has grown to several acres, Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Mark Bogush said. ...more

April 7, 2009

Leah Murdick was just like the hundreds of people turning in their bottles of prescription medication Saturday morning. ...more

March 29, 2009

A woman was injured today when she was struck by a section of stucco torn by wind gusts off a building near Five Points Park in downtown Sarasota. ...more

March 28, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009

Brush fires in Ruskin and Haines City kept Tampa Bay area firefighters busy on Sunday. A blaze in Ruskin that grew to 150 acres was contained by 10 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Bruce Delk said. ...more

March 16, 2009

Deputies in North Florida are searching new areas for a 5-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a month. ...more

March 12, 2009