A taser probe struck a 35-year-old woman this afternoon while officers were trying to subdue her son during a domestic dispute. ...more

August 1, 2009

As director of the Highlands County EMS, Steve Plunkett Coltharp could work strictly as an administrator. ...more

February 2, 2009

If current projections hold, the city of Tampa will be $35 million in the hole by 2010. Major cuts in service and personnel will be inevitable. ...more

December 22, 2008

For a quarter of a century, Enid Uhrich has spent time helping those in distress through computer database work. For two decades, Betsy Mehaffey has spent time volunteering to help others keep their cardiovascular health up and monitoring accident or other health issues. ...more

December 3, 2008

Tampa City Council members congratulated themselves last week for fashioning a "compromise" in the salary dispute with the city's firefighters. ...more

August 27, 2008

It was another perfect summer day - so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell. ...more

August 2, 2008

There's a chilly future in store for Florida's emergency medical services. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Kelverick Lewis thought his infant son needed to go to the hospital, and he got enraged after Tampa Fire Rescue arrived on scene Wednesday night and said the child was fine, Tampa police say. ...more

June 17, 2008

SEBRING — Like every paramedic who's served 30-plus years, Mickey Byrd has dealt with critical life-and-death situations and has more than a few gripping stories. One of his in particular, about a terminal teenage patient whom he says "surely must be an angel," puts a lump in the throat of anybody with a functional heart. ...more

May 5, 2008

Daniel Azzariti's passion for cars will be able to run free when he retires as New Port Richey's director of fire and emergency services in about a year. He has set Sept. 30, 2008, the end of the city's 2008 budget year, as his tentative retirement date. ...more

November 21, 2007