Odessa News

Old Cracker Fire Company Owner Gary Guy left Tampa Florida today to pick up Daisy, a 1965 Mack C Pumper in Greensburg, PA for a 1,009 mile drive to retirement in Odessa, Florida.

Laminate and granite are still the king and queen of the countertop world, but there are more variations and more alternatives than ever.

Fire rescue officials from Hillsborough and Pasco counties responded to a house fire on Pine Valley Drive at around 6:00 Tuesday evening.

A police crackdown on adult businesses in Drew Park -- at the request of residents and business owners -- netted the arrests of seven men Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, jail records show.

Behind the wheel of his red pickup with a .45-caliber handgun at his side, Jorge Orlando Bello Garcia cruised back and forth in front of his estranged wife's Carrollwood home.

Odessa, Keystone and Citrus Park drivers are getting a peek at what Gunn Highway will look like this fall, but for now the more important concern is dodging the traffic cones.

By Curtis Krueger , Times Staff Writer In print: Monday, May 26, 2008 Jaffray Stephenson helps launch another hobbyist's radio-controlled plane by tossing it skyward at the old Toytown landfill in Pinellas ...

Renee Pouliot and Brian Sippel, both of Sheboygan, have announced their engagement. via WisInfo

“I refused any help from my family because I didn't want them to own me”

The news, in an 8:45 a.m. phone call, hit like a death in the family. "There's been a takeover," Helen Rosburg's sister and fellow Wrigley chewing-gum company heiress said April 28 when Rosburg picked up the ... via Tampa Bay Online

Tampa, Florida - Today is FREE ICE CREAM CONE DAY at many Ben & Jerry's locations. via Tampabays10.com

“I've had it for about five years, give or take a little bit, and I've had no complaints”

Of the 11 private helicopter landing pads in Hillsborough County, just one is at a residence. via Tampa Bay Online

For three Firestone Indy Lights teams, the doubleheader weekend at St. Petersburg is more than the only street course race on the 2008 schedule. via Paddock Talk

Odessa, Florida Fire destroyed the home of a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy tonight. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

“How about a quickie 2morrow afternoon?”

Detectives searching for DNA evidence to support a charge of rape against a former substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old have turned up a number of items from her car and home. via Tampa Bay Online

Pinellas Park, Florida Around 11 p.m. Pinellas Park Police responded with fire rescue to a single vehicle accident at 8600 US 19. via Tampabays10.com

“But I don't think when you pass on and you pass your land onto your heirs, you can say they can't have some feelings about it, too.”

A seven-story hotel is going up on Citrus Park land that was near and dear to one of the community's most vocal anti development civic leaders. via Big Cat News

Originally published 12:00 a.m., March 27, 2008 and Updated 07:37 a.m., March 27, 2008 - Mr. via Vindy.com

“These two criminals demonstrated a callous disregard for the hard earned money of individuals who thought that they were legitimately investing in their future.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents yesterday arrested a father and his daughter in Tampa, Fla., in a suspected investment-fraud scheme that duped international victims into paying more than $70 ... via Washington Times

RPM International Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, The Euclid Chemical Company, has acquired Increte Systems, an Odessa, FL-based manufacturer of decorative concrete systems. via PaintSquare

“Thousands of British people have fallen victim to this crime -- in this inquiry alone, we estimate that around 15,000 mostly elderly people have lost money”

A father-and-daughter team accused of duping 15,000 mainly elderly British investors out of $70 million was arrested in Florida on Thursday and charged with a series of crimes, U.S. officials said. via Reuters UK