The presence of law enforcement was adequate when the Plant City Christmas Parade was marred by the death of a 9-year-old boy, but measures should be taken at future events to streamline communication between emergency responders, according to a report released by city officials on Jan. 11. ...more

January 23, 2008

Two months after a toxic cloud chased people from 300 Riverview homes, a Hillsborough County report provides suggestions for how a similar disaster could be averted or addressed. ...more

January 18, 2008

Two months after a toxic cloud chased people from 300 Riverview homes, a Hillsborough County report is out with suggestions for how a similar disaster could be averted or addressed. ...more

January 17, 2008

A new study that suggests unifying the county's fire departments has met with staunch resistance from administrators. ...more

January 5, 2008

Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million people and forcing evacuations in mudslide-prone areas. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Searchers at the county landfill looking for a baby that was tossed into the trash by a Lake Placid woman located a piece of bedding belonging to the residence, according to Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton on Friday. ...more

November 30, 2007

TAMPA – A damaged ammonia pipeleine has been capped but the leak continues and there has been no drop in pressure to allow for repair of the pipe according to the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center. ...more

November 13, 2007

Lawyers for Weeki Wachee Springs and the Southwest Florida Water Management sat down with a mediator to try to hash out their differences Tuesday. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - A national insurance company's local office is the subject of an FBI raid today, authorities said. WellCare Health Plans Inc. issued a brief statement Wednesday afternoon acknowledging that state and federal officials executed a search warrant at the company's Tampa headquarters earlier in the day. ...more

October 24, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Edith Seeton's uncle lives 13 miles from Lady Lake, the place ravaged by a tornado Feb. 2. ...more

September 10, 2007