Transportation officials and motorists got the news they'd been fearing Thursday: Interstate 75 in Manatee County will be a mess for a month and a half. ...more

June 6, 2008

Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation on Thursday night began demolishing the charred sections of the Interstate 75 overpass damaged in Wednesday's tractor-trailer fire. ...more

June 5, 2008

Alan Hensley exited Interstate 75 Wednesday afternoon and was about to turn onto U.S. 301 when "the most god-awful sound I ever heard in my life" filled the air. ...more

June 5, 2008

A tanker truck has flipped over on Interstate 75 and caught fire. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA Enterprising thieves have found new venues from which to pilfer: fields of strawberries and groves of oranges. They're not stealing produce, but diesel fuel out of tanks, copper and aluminum wiring out of pump houses and sprinkler heads amid the strawberry plants. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEBRING — The busy intersection of Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard will be further improved for safety by adding a traffic signal and three turning lanes. The intersection, north of Sebring and south of Avon Park, is now a four-way stop. Highlands County Engineer Ramon Gavarrete said a traffic-crash problem at Memorial and Valerie was solved last year when traffic control there was upgraded from a two-way stop to a four-way stop. Now, Gavarrete said, a traffic signal is needed because traffic volume is expected to increase greatly when the new Memorial Drive Elementary School opens in late August. ...more

May 24, 2008

TAMPA – A barge offloading fuel caught fire at Port of Tampa early this morning, seriously injuring one crew member. ...more

May 22, 2008

Ambulance rides and on-scene medical care provided by Hernando County Fire Rescue are about to get costlier. ...more

May 21, 2008

River Ridge High School's cafeteria looked more like a truck stop lounge Saturday as more than 100 local truckers gathered to brainstorm about rising diesel prices. ...more

May 11, 2008

Struggling with record diesel prices, the trucking industry's main trade group introduced a plan Thursday to reduce fuel consumption and emissions over the next decade mainly by having its members slow down. ...more

May 9, 2008