A look at a variety of tree-grown fruit that can be grown in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 19, 2008

This has been a hellish vacation for Larry and Diana Moyer of Beaver Dam, Wis., who along with their kangaroo and crippled goat have faced fire, illness and no-marsupial rules in the course of their holiday. ...more

November 18, 2008

A Sunday morning house fire in Seffner killed three dogs and left 15 people homeless. ...more

November 17, 2008

Three dogs died during a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Seffner this morning. ...more

November 16, 2008

The Red Cross Angels will have its annual Silver Coffee from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the home of Missy and Corey Steadman, 3401 Mullen Ave. ...more

November 12, 2008

Volunteers and students will canvas parts of St. Petersburg and Temple Terrace on Saturday as part of an American Red Cross fire safety campaign. The agency's Tampa Bay chapter is sending volunteers to certain neighborhoods in St. Petersburg to hand out fire-prevention information. At the same time, a student group from Florida College will go to apartment complexes north of the University of South Florida's Temple Terrace campus to alert renters of the potential fire dangers in their homes. ...more

October 23, 2008

For Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James Financial, the question is no longer whether we're in a recession. ...more

October 12, 2008

When Valrico resident Sue Bowditch lost her daughter, Karron, in 2000, her whole world came to a halt. ...more

September 24, 2008

10:08 a.m. While South Florida took the brunt of Tropical Storm Fay, volunteers and staff from the American Red Cross Tampa Bay Chapter remained poised to jump into action if trouble arises locally. "We're basically on stand down right now," spokeswoman Abi Weaver said. "We're on alert just in case there is any wind damage or flooding." ...more

August 19, 2008

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross has more than 2,000 volunteers it can call on in times of disaster. But it faces a challenge: 60 percent of those volunteers are retirees, joining at an older age. ...more

August 14, 2008