Oldsmar News

Make a basketball shot with a vacuum truck. Navigate and maneuver a backhoe. These are just some of the events in which 10 Dunedin public utility employees will compete against city workers from throughout the county as part of Public Works Day on Wednesday, May 22, in Clearwater.

He didn't look very old sitting there in his straw hat and colorful shirt but there was definitely something wrong.

Here is a summary of calls and complaints that deputies from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office responded to from May 1-18, 2013.

Make a basketball shot with a vacuum truck. Navigate and maneuver a backhoe. These are just some of the events in which public utility employees from throughout the county will compete as part of Public Works Day on Wednesday, May 22, in Clearwater.

Do you have a competitive spirit, enjoy customer service and have 1-3 years retail experience? A job at AT&T just outside of Westchase in Oldsmar may be for you.

Hales is accused of raping a woman in her Town 'N Country home. He was 19-years-old at the time of the alleged incident.

Step back in time for a moment and picture sunlight filtering through multipaned windows to illuminate a one-room schoolhouse, the dusty smell of chalk in the air, and rows of children's snow boots and winter jackets hanging near a snow-drifted doorway recently swept clear.

Two teens were arrested May 8 in connection with the May 6 armed robbery of Boton Sushi restaurant, 300 E. State Street in Oldsmar.

The Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce has announced a new board of directors. The 17-member board will be formally inducted at the chamber's annual awards banquet.

The folks at Oldsmar Family Barber Shop have searched nearly a year for the right person.

A Clearwater teenager faces a robbery charge, after detectives said they identified him as driving the getaway car during a robbery Monday night at an Oldsmar restaurant.

Beimei Kohler envisions white petals brushing the pavement. If her landlord approves, the co-owner of Aki Sushi on Tampa Road plans to build an arbor in her parking lot and plant climbing jasmine.

Chick-fil-A has announced 13 restaurants in Pinellas County and New Port Richey, will hold a Spirit Night fundraiser on May 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. to benefit Ireland Nugent, the local two-year-old who was severely injured in a lawn mower accident.

Oldsmar's reverse osmosis water treatment plant produces all of the city's water.

Carolyn Hersh of Oldsmar, center, walks on the bus with 16-month-old golden retriever Carly, as Cochise, a 5-month-old goldador, left, and Ava, a 9-month-old Labrador, greet each other in the aisle of a PTSA bus during guide dog training Thursday.

Three school crossing guards were singled out for recognition at the 38th annual Maybelle Rollins Bradford Memorial Award Luncheon April 25 at Bascom's Chop House, 3665 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater.

A woman called 911 early Tuesday to report a bizarre yet distinctly Floridian sight: An alligator, she told dispatchers, was snapping at cars near a dentist's office.

The Fabulous Sports Babe's show just wouldn't be the same if Rollergirl didn't get a chance to catch us up on the Stories We Missed, and every night at 9:40, she does just that.

"Value Me," the sixth annual Beth Dillinger Foundation's Prom Magic luncheon and fashion show, starts at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hilton St.