TAMPA - After the fire, Dewey James Hendrix told police, he was working hard to reconstruct an older-model home on North 30th Street. ...more

January 29, 2008

When she gets sick, Li Enlan, 78, picks herbs from the woods nearby instead of buying modern medicines. ...more

January 13, 2008

The city was doing a routine inspection of a storage facility today when people were found living in it, officials say. ...more

January 12, 2008

Homeless people looking for a way out of the woods have a new alternative to trying to make ends meet on their own without benefit of electricity and running water. ...more

January 12, 2008

LARGO - The city was doing a routine inspection of a storage facility today when people were found living in it, officials say. ...more

January 11, 2008

AVON PARK — The city's code enforcement office sent out 75 warnings to landlords for not holding rental permits since its enforcement began in December. The grace period ended last month, following the city council's passing of a minimum maintenance ordinance that gave code enforcement officers the right to annually inspect homes while also requiring landlords to get an annual $37.50-per-unit permit to lease within the city. Capt. Donald Simmons, Avon Park's head code enforcement officer, said he was going by "word of mouth" to find other landlords and rental properties in the city, since his office doesn't have an active list of residential rental properties in the city yet. His fellow officers sent the warnings so that landlords are aware of the requirement. "This is the first year this has been done in Avon Park," Simmons said. "This is brand new. A lot of people aren't aware of it." ...more

January 8, 2008

The loud boom interrupted Dustin Hall's Christmas. He had just finished eating dinner and was resting on the sofa when he heard the sound. ...more

December 25, 2007

All too often, in this life, we get what we don't deserve. I don't deserve: - To see and hear, walk and talk, think and laugh, and thus, enjoy the world around me. But I get to anyway. ...more

November 18, 2007

I just heard of something called a solar cooker. Does this really work? Or is it just a story? ...more

October 2, 2007

Eating a cucumber, whose flesh can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside air temperature, is a healthful way to cool down. ...more

September 26, 2007