The Singing Faucet was a hit, but the Noodle Nanny didn't make the cut. ...more

November 5, 2009

After smelling marijuana inside the pickup he had just pulled over, a deputy asked the driver to step out of the vehicle. ...more

January 21, 2009

A 2.8-liter V-6 engine pumps out 280 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 295 pounds-feet of torque at 2000 rpm. ...more

January 3, 2009

Highlands County tourism officials want to learn more about the people who travel here, and they have put together a 15-question survey to help them get the information. ...more

September 21, 2008

A woman who drove the wrong way on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, causing the death of a mother and injuring a 4-year-old girl, had a level of alcohol in her blood about three times the legal limit, authorities said Saturday. ...more

September 14, 2008

BRANDON The driver who crashed into another vehicle while she was going the wrong way on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, killing a young mother, was arrested today on four charges, including drunken-driving manslaughter, authorities said. ...more

September 13, 2008

A 4-year-old girl injured in a crash Wednesday that killed her mother underwent surgery to relieve pressure in her head, authorities said Thursday. ...more

September 12, 2008

The driver of a car that went the wrong way on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway on Wednesday and caused a fatal pileup had beer in her cup holder and on the floor of the passenger side, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 11, 2008

An electrical engineer who used to work for General Motor's engineering and research division in Flint, Mich., Dennis Abbey moved to Florida nine years ago. He had built race cars for himself all his life, so starting a business to build cars for other people "was kind of a no-brainer," he says. ...more

January 3, 2008

Dennis Abbey wants to sell you a $90,000 car without a stereo system. He says you'll never grow tired of hearing the 450-horsepower engine whir, purr and roar. ...more

January 3, 2008