A St. Petersburg woman's hair caught fire when she tried extinguishing a grease fire at her home with water, according to St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue. ...more

February 6, 2009

Henderson: It was utterly predictable what Joe Maddon would tell reporters in Boston after his Rays crashed to earth in a fireball. ...more

October 17, 2008

A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday. ...more

July 6, 2008

At about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, Charles Marcum and his girlfriend were on the balcony of their condominium in Pasadena when they saw a round, fiery object traveling slowly across the sky. ...more

June 20, 2008

Southbound Interstate 75 lanes over U.S. 301 should open Monday instead of July 20, the state said Wednesday. Lane markings and other finishing work should be completed by July. ...more

June 19, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– For the first time in many a moon, Lake Placid head coach Dan Coomes has a smile on his face when talking about his baseball squad. "I'm really excited to see how this team is going to perform," said the LP head coach. "We've got a good mixture of youth and experience and for the first time we have depth at every position. We haven't had this kind of depth in a long while." You would think that by the Green Dragons showing in last week's Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament — losing 9-2 to Lake Region and 16-0 to cross-county rival Sebring — that they've regressed somehow, but Coomes has a definite method to his madness. "You only get better by playing the high-caliber teams," Coomes said. "We have to learn to close out games and not let our mistakes cost us the game. You can't make mistakes against teams like that because that's all they need to beat you. ...more

February 25, 2008

SEBRING — The 71st Annual Highlands County Fair will feature livestock exhibits, carnival games, yummy food, gravity defying rides, agricultural and other exhibitors, plus live entertainment from Friday Feb. 8 through Saturday Feb.16, at Fireman's Field. Richard McClain, fair director of the Highlands County Fair Association, talked about the livestock exhibits – his favorite part of the fair – as the first of more than 100 semi-tractor trailers were unloaded Monday at the fairgrounds. The fair gets kids involved in a project and keeps them busy since they need to work with their animals everyday," said McClain. "They're growing up and learning how to make a profit." McClain expects 4-H members to exhibit 40 steer, 29 heifers, 105 hogs, 71 rabbits and 78 poultry. Fair preparation is a year-long event for both participants and staff. ...more

February 5, 2008