Oldsmar News

A massive fire destroyed a local sporting good business Sunday night and into Monday morning.

This alligator made himself at home in Pinellas County. Authorities say 69-year-old Sandra Frosti of Oldsmar found the 8-foot long alligator in her kitchen late Monday night.

Oh to be young -- read toddler to about third grade or so -- and live in a city with a splash pad or sprayground.

Hefting black bags of clothes and dirty children's toys, the west Oldsmar tenants trudged from their homes June 19.

Pinellas County code enforcement officers this morning may condemn a residential complex where people have been living without water and power for days.

Couples, from left, Betty and Larry Bartlett, Kathy and Stan Budke, all of Clearwater, Mary Ann Wiltshire of Largo and Gary Trotter of Dunedin, and Perry and Myra Hostetler of Clearwater slow dance to a performance by Darrell Clanton of Clearwater at VFW Post 2473 on Hercules Avenue in Clearwater.

St. Petersburg, Florida - Soon-to-be brides were lined up as early as Thursday night at the Goodwill store on Central Avenue, waiting for their chance to snag a designer wedding gown at a fraction of the price.

Children 3-5 years old will be introduced to the natural world at the program "Bzzz, Bzzz: Mosquitoes in Your Backyard" by Nancy Loewen, 10:30-11:15 a.m. at Brooker Creek Preserve, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs.

Firefighters were battling to contain a brush fire sparked Wednesday by a controlled burn of 10 acres of Mobbly Bayou Preserve that was burning out-of-control, authorities say.

The U10 Team Renegades seeks players. Call 843-8525. Basketball A summer league is starting and needs players in grades 6 through 11.

At least 15 residents of a west Oldsmar apartment building were evicted Friday morning with no prior notice after Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said their landlord violated housing codes.

Open 7:30 a.m.-noon the second Saturday of every month through October in Pioneer Park, at Main Street and Douglas Avenue, Dunedin.

Firefighters from the town of Oldsmar, Pinellas County and The Division of Forestry are on the scene of a 5-acre brush fire off Timber Bay Circle East.

Over a million alligators inhabitat this U.S. state and it's a trappers job to catch them when they roam into back yards + Enlarge This image A four-foot alligator takes the bait as Mary Harter, Florida's only female state-employed alligator trapper begins the task of removing the alligator from a pond near an apartment complex in Oldsmar, Florida ...

Pinellas deputies are trying to determine who ran a red light and caused a collision that left one driver dead and the other injured on Monday.

Attorney General Bill McCollum today June 15 that a Pinellas County man has been arrested on charges he used the internet to sexually solicit a Pennsylvania teenager and groomed her to engage in sexual activity online.

Imagine: a hotel, a corporate office park, an upscale restaurant. Now picture all of that behind the combined Marathon gas station and McDonald's in Citrus Park, a community known more for its little red schoolhouse and orange groves than filet mignon and Holiday Inns.

Teen who raises cancer funds gains honor Patrick Pedraja, 13, has been named a Huggable Hero by Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.

The 8-foot alligator opens its jaws wide and hisses in the dark at Julie Harter, who takes a few steps closer and dangles a lasso just like the kind rodeo cowboys use.

The 8-foot alligator opens its jaws wide and hisses in the dark at Julie Harter, who takes a few steps closer and dangles a lasso just like the kind rodeo cowboys use.