A new volunteer group wants to provide assistance to residents who can't bear to part with their pets during an evacuation. ...more

June 15, 2008

One of the oldest forms of painting, with roots in Chinese ink wash painting and calligraphy, is making a comeback in Carrollwood. ...more

June 11, 2008

When twin blasts ravaged crowded pet markets earlier this month, Iraqi authorities offered a chilling account: Mentally disabled women carried the hidden explosives perhaps as unwitting bombers for al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

February 14, 2008

PLANT CITY - With no new leads and no break in the case, the owners of two slain and mutilated baby pigs decided to turn up the heat by placing a half-page newspaper advertisement. ...more

November 23, 2007

As one of the most common mammals in Florida, the gray squirrel makes its home in wilderness and urban area trees and is probably the first wild animal young children see in their immediate environment. These little arboreal creatures of the rodent family are usually tolerated and too often hated by homeowners, and those folks that are not fond of small animals. Gray squirrels are found throughout the state and are related to the larger fox squirrel, the flying squirrel and chipmunk. ...more

October 28, 2007

The stabbing deaths of two local baby show pigs have captured the attention of one of the nation's largest animal protection organizations. ...more

October 26, 2007

PLANT CITY - The stabbing deaths of two local baby show pigs has captured the attention of one of the nation's largest animal protection organizations. The Humane Society of the United States announced today it is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in killing and mutilating Rebel and Dixie last weekend. ...more

October 25, 2007

An act of animal cruelty has two 13-year-old sisters grieving the slaughter of their beloved show pigs. ...more

October 21, 2007

An act of animal cruelty has two 13-year-old sisters grieving the slaughter of their beloved show pigs. Lindsey and Leann Farkas went to feed the 6-to-8-week old pigs about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when they discovered someone had broken into their locked pen overnight and savagely killed the small animals. ...more

October 20, 2007