The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in identifying a credit card fraud suspect in connection with an incident that occurred July 28, according to a sheriff's office press release. ...more

August 19, 2009

State Road 52 is now open following a serious accident this morning, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports. A tractor-trailer and two other vehicles collided at State Road 52 and Old Pasco Road, ejecting one person, according to Pasco Fire Rescue dispatchers. One person was extricated from a vehicle. ...more

June 5, 2009

A dump trunk overturned Monday morning along U.S. 19, causing a road to close and traffic to be re-routed for more than two hours, troopers said. ...more

May 11, 2009

A 20-month-old girl who sheriff's investigators reported sustained severe injuries Sunday at the hands of Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III, 32, of Sebring, was still in "very critical condition," according to Sheriff's Sgt. Darin Hood on Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

The single-engine turboprop airplane that crashed just short of Butte airport jerked to the left before nose-diving into a cemetery, killing all 14 people aboard, a witness said Monday. ...more

March 23, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash involving three vehicles, including a semitrailer. ...more

February 16, 2009

A 1,000-gallon spill of diesel fuel into Tampa Bay will not seriously damage the environment, authorities say, but the collision that led to it forced the Coast Guard to shut down the Bay for more than 12 hours. ...more

February 14, 2009

TAMPA -- Tampa Bay is now open to all boating traffic, from the upper regions to the Sunshine Skyway. The Bay had been shut down for more than 12 hours after a collision between a fishing trawler and barge spilled about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the water. ...more

February 13, 2009

The Hernando school district will be crunching more numbers to balance this year's budget in the coming weeks. ...more

January 13, 2009

Lawmakers' plan would cost PHCC more than $800,000. ...more

January 12, 2009