When 1st Lt. Michael Meyer of the Army Reserve helps seat 25,000 VIPs for Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, he may flash back to the day the president-elect personally thanked him for his hard work. ...more

January 19, 2009

Family and friends joined the 810th Military Police Company on Saturday for a ceremony to mark its imminent deployment to Iraq. The 170-soldier Combat Support unit will spend up to 10 months in Baghdad, where they will train members of the Iraqi Police Service in law enforcement operations. The 810th will travel to Fort Dix, N.J., on Jan. 24, where they will prepare for their mission for six to eight weeks. Saturday's ceremony took place at the Army Reserve's Medical Command headquarters in Pinellas Park. ...more

January 4, 2009

Witnesses to January's single-engine plane crash into Old Tampa Bay said they saw the plane bank right and then left, then sweep up into the air before stalling and plunging into the water, according to federal investigators. ...more

December 25, 2008

The IPrayTV network is providing a live video stream of the square at the Church of the Nativity beginning Christmas Eve. The stream will include a two-hour service that will be taped and replayed throughout Christmas Day. ...more

December 23, 2008

One person has been taken to a local hospital with second-degree burns after a 2-alarm fire started at a Pinellas Park warehouse, authorities say. ...more

December 22, 2008

Federal investigators say witnesses to a January single-engine plane crash into Old Tampa Bay said they saw the plane bank right and then left, then sweep up into the air before stalling and plunging into the water. ...more

December 22, 2008

A bell echoed through St. Timothy Lutheran Church on Sunday, its high-pitched chimes accompanying a reading of the names of local homeless people who died this year. ...more

December 22, 2008

A bell echoed through St. Timothy Lutheran Church Sunday, its high-pitched chimes accompanying a reading of the names of local homeless people who died this year. ...more

December 21, 2008

Alcohol might have been a factor in a fatal automobile accident in Pinellas Park early this morning, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department. ...more

December 1, 2008

Pinellas County deputies arrested a 21-year-old man early this morning in connection with an armed home invasion in which one victim was pistol whipped. ...more

November 30, 2008