The burglar is inside your house, rummaging around in the next room. Does he have a weapon? Your heart beats fast. ...more

July 15, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash involving a 20-year-old rider, authorities said. ...more

July 14, 2008

SEBRING - Several Highlands County Sheriff's Office dispatchers were moved out of their second-story room in the Sheriff's Office building Tuesday evening after "an odor of smoke" began circulating around the room, Sebring Fire Chief Brad Batz said. Batz said a smoke alarm went off in the Sheriff's Office radio room as a burning electric odor spread from a utility room through the air conditioning and into the dispatcher's room. Despite the severe storm and reports of six other alarms caused by the storm in Sebring, he said he could not determine what set off the alarm. No fire or burned equipment was found. ...more

July 10, 2008

A Tampa man is arrested at a gentlemen's club, charged with misusing the 911 communications system. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - For the third time in six days, dispatchers for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue have coached anxious parents in delivering a baby. ...more

July 5, 2008

Keegan Timothy Burkhart was screaming obscenities early this morning at his Lutz apartment, say deputies. When a deputy tried to get him to calm down, Burkhart dialed up 911. ...more

July 5, 2008

TAMPA - All lanes of the Courtney Campbell Causeway are back open after a serious crash Sunday night closed them. ...more

June 29, 2008

A man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday night cut a path of damage through a neighborhood while trying to escape from police. ...more

June 23, 2008

A man charged with driving under the influence Saturday night left a path of damage through a neighborhood while trying to escape from police after nearly hitting a patrol car. ...more

June 22, 2008

A federal jury Tuesday found the fourth and final defendant guilty in the 1998 murder of a Haines City police officer, wrapping up the decade-old case. ...more

June 18, 2008