Attorneys with the Tampa Police and Fire Pension Board are investigating whether a recently hired assistant fire chief in Zephyrhills is improperly collecting more than $3,500 per month in disability payments. ...more

February 9, 2008

A hydraulic bar pinned a Plant City man between a hay baler and the baler's gate, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 5, 2008

TAMPA Tampa Fire Rescue Lt. Natalie Brown has seen a lot in her 14 years as a firefighter and paramedic. Victims and patients come and go, but she always will remember Willie Robinson, the man impaled on a spike fence. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - Battle lines in the Amendment 1 skirmish were clearly set in the days leading up to the vote Tuesday. ...more

January 30, 2008

Yes Vote May Cost Lives If you are thinking about voting yes on Amendment 1, I would ask you to think again. ...more

January 18, 2008

In November, Dan Lombard and Ernest Garcia Sr. were fans at a Jesuit High School football game. They didn't know each other, but their lives were about to intersect in a powerful way. ...more

January 18, 2008

SEBRING — An overnight fire destroyed Park Place Truss, located at 454 Park St. in downtown Sebring. ...more

January 17, 2008

TAMPA - In November, Dan Lombard and Ernest Garcia Sr. were fans at a Jesuit High School football game. They didn't know each other and had no idea their lives were about to intersect in a powerful way. As Lombard, a driver engineer for the Tampa Fire Department, left the game, he saw a car run through a stop sign. Lombard, off duty, followed the car as it pulled off to the side of the road. That's when Lombard saw that the driver, Garcia, was having a seizure. ...more

January 17, 2008