It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. ...more

February 19, 2008

LAKE PLACID — At approximately 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Highlands County Emergency Management officials and firefighters responded to a structure fire at 942 Peachtree Drive, in Lake Placid's Leisure Lakes subdivision. Ben Henley, of the Highlands County EOC, said that as of Thursday at press time, the fire had been contained. There were no injuries according to Henley. ...more

February 15, 2008

At approximately 12:15 p.m., Highlands County Emergency Management Officials and firefighters were asked to respond to a structure fire at 942 Peachtree Drive, in Lake Placid's Leisure Lakes subdivision. ...more

February 14, 2008

An accident left a truck hanging off the 50th Street bridge near Palm River road in Tampa around 12:30 pm. ...more

February 8, 2008

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to a call this morning at a Brandon hotel when a potted plant in the lobby caught fire. ...more

December 27, 2007

Schools are custodians of our children, so any precaution they take to keep our kids safe is a welcome gesture. Take for example new dismissal procedures at Park Elementary School. Starting next year, parents or guardians who pick up the school's students are required to have a card in the dashboard that has the names of the children they will be picking up. ...more

December 27, 2007

Something resembling a pipe bomb was found today at a metal recycling plant in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said. ...more

December 22, 2007

Saturday afternoon Pinellas County sheriff's deputies were called to investigate the discovery of what appeared to be a homemade explosive device in an area north of the Anclote River. ...more

December 22, 2007

TAMPA - Police responding to a disturbance call in the Sulphur Springs area shortly after 4 p.m. today found a man dead of an apparent gunshot wound when they entered a house at 910 W. Sitka St., according to investigators. ...more

December 7, 2007

Customers of the city of Fort Meade Water Utility may have a loss of water pressure because of construction activity at the water plant, according to the city's public works department. ...more

November 27, 2007