Fire closes Greyhound bus station

ST. PETERSBURG -- A fire in a storage room closed the Greyhound bus terminal Friday night.

Troopers ID woman killed in rear-end crash

TAMPA -- Authorities have identified a 56-year-old Tampa woman who died in a New Year's Eve crash.

Pinellas Park chase goes from car to foot to Taser

PINELLAS PARK -- Le Dung Quoc is recovering from a Taser blast and sitting in the Pinellas County jail, accused of several bad errors in judgment. But the 35-year-old's worst mistake, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department, is getting behind the wheel on Thursday night.

Verizon worker airlifted after rattlesnake bite

CARROLLWOOD -- A snakebitten Verizon worker was airlifted to St. Joseph's Hospital this afternoon. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue was called to Northdale Boulevard and Mapledale Boulevard at 2:32 p.m. to help the man, who had been working in the area, said Vida Morgan, a sheriff's spokeswoman.

No one home except smoke, fire and an important lesson

[EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times]

Illuminated by flashlight in their darkened home, Alvena Baker, 14, holds her sister Shaunt-e Shuler, 4 as they gather belongings from their fire-damaged home.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Neighbors saw smoke coming from a one-story house on Fourth Avenue S this morning. But when St. Petersburg Fire Rescue showed up no one was home. Firefighters broke in and put out the blaze -- and came away with a valuable lesson.

New Year's Eve in St. Petersburg: Gunshots but no injuries from stray bullets

ST. PETERSBURG -- Some celebratory gunshots were fired on New Year's Eve but, unlike last year, no one was reported injured by stray bullets, police said.

Suspect in 1987 homicide brought to Pinellas to stand trial

It took 21 years for police to link the 1987 rape and strangulation of St. Petersburg teen Lisa Bickford to the man she was last seen alive with: Tony Fantauzzi. Authorities caught up to the 48-year-old man in Georgia last month and arrested him for Bickford's murder. This morning, he was booked into the Pinellas County jail and will stand trial for her murder in the courthouse next door.

St. Pete bicyclist dies after fall in front of vehicle

ST. PETERSBURG -- Franklin D. Cameron was riding his bike on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street S when he lost control, fell in front of an oncoming vehicle and was dragged underneath it in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, according to St. Petersburg police. The 58-year-old man was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

St. Petersburg driver dies after head-on crash

ST. PETERSBURG -- A 35-year-old man died on New Year's Eve after police said he sped along westbound 22nd Avenue S and crossed over the double-yellow line only to hit an oncoming SUV. Curtis Ronald Godfrey was trying to pass the vehicle in front of him on the left side, police said.

Filthy home, drugs lead to child neglect charges

HOLIDAY -- The parents of a 10-year-old girl were arrested Thursday after a Pasco sheriff's deputy found animal feces, rotten food and drugs in their home.