An 25-year-old Auburndale man died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday night on Recker Highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Francisco Javier Ramirez was driving south about 9:21 p.m. when his van swerved into the northbound lane and went off the east shoulder into a ditch, troopers said. The 1989 Chevrolet van then struck a concrete culvert just north of Commercial Boulevard, troopers said. ...more

December 5, 2008

Trial was delayed yet again Wednesday for two suspects charged with attempted first-degree murder. ...more

December 4, 2008

Trial was delayed yet again Wednesday for two suspects charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with the severe beating of a man known as "The Walker." ...more

December 4, 2008

Pertaining to the ditch cleaning dirt along the roads and highways of Highlands County. They used to give that dirt to the residents here in the area to fill in low spots in their yards, but now, because of someone's bright idea, they have the Road and Bridge Department drive 20-30 miles round trip to dump it in the landfill. Doesn't this practice fill up they landfill much quicker and cost the residents of Highlands County thousands of dollars more in fuel costs and man hours, trucking this dirt all the way out to the landfill? Whose brainless idea was it in the first place? ...more

November 28, 2008

The driver of a stolen Ford Explorer drove off at speeds greater than 85 mph when a Hillsborough County deputy tried stopping him at Causeway Boulevard and 78th Street on Monday night, deputies say. ...more

November 18, 2008

A 25-year-old St. Petersburg woman died this morning in a high-speed crash in Ruskin, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 31, 2008

A substitute school bus driver slid into a ditch today, her first day on the job. ...more

October 27, 2008

A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. Witnesses said that many of the balloons were flying low right before the Wings of Wind balloon crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque. ...more

October 10, 2008

A Rocky Creek homeowner who cut down dozens of mangroves and built an illegal boat dock has to pay a $16,850 fine but will continue to have boat access to Tampa Bay. ...more

October 4, 2008

Troopers have identified the 50-year-old woman killed this morning in a motorcycle crash that closed U.S. 92 for several hours. ...more

September 25, 2008