I am building a pool, and we have an electrical receptacle on the back wall of our house. The swimming pool contractor says we have to cover up that outlet and set up another one farther from the pool. Is this necessary? ...more

May 28, 2008

To the untrained eye, the big lump of fur lumbering around the pool area at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando could have been a drunken, fur-coated rock star stumbling about on all fours. But the keen eyes of security recognized it for what it was early this morning. There was a Florida black bear near the pool, oh, my, and it wasn't a refugee from the Country Bear Jamboree at nearby Walt Disney World, either. This was a genuine bruin from the wilds of Orange County. ...more

May 28, 2008

A burglar's knife was no match Saturday morning for Walter Funk's wrench and pluck, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 11, 2008

SEMINOLE A would-be burglar's knife was no match Saturday morning for Walter Funk's wrench and pluck, the Pinellas sheriff's office reported. ...more

May 10, 2008

Frank Saia and Bob Langlois settled in just fine after moving to the SkyPoint high-rise in June. In fact, they already want a larger unit. ...more

February 7, 2008

Debra Lafave will have her next day in court Dec. 18 rather than Jan. 7. ...more

December 11, 2007

A 20-year-old Palm Harbor man engaged in sexual activities with a 13-year-old girl in an apartment complex restroom Sunday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 10, 2007

Arthur Rutenberg Homes, among the Bay area's most well-known home builders, is showing off a new model at LandMar's Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville. ...more

November 25, 2007

We are redoing our pool's interior and would also like to take care of cracking in the perimeter deck. ...more

November 23, 2007

Family and friends of a young mother who disappeared Nov. 5 from her Colony Lakes Estates home have organized a search for her that will begin at 8 a.m. today. ...more

November 17, 2007