I would like to take this opportunity to clarify Florida's motor vehicle insurance requirements and distinguish the Insurance Research Council report identified in Russell Ray's article (Business, Jan. 23). ...more

February 19, 2009

A tip led Pasco County sheriff's deputies to a man they had been chasing for two weeks for failing to pay nearly $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

Excessive absences from school last year led to 40 Highlands County students losing their driving privileges. ...more

October 7, 2008

Over the years, William Scott McCoy got himself in so much trouble driving that he lost his license in three states. Now he remains in jail in Pinellas County, where he has been arrested 18 times on traffic offenses. A judge refused to let him out today after hearing more about the latest charge -- leaving the scene of an accident while riding a bicycle. ...more

October 3, 2008

Nearly all parents fear the day when their 16-year-old son or daughter drives solo for the first time. In this car-loving society of ours, the driver's license is the ultimate rite of passage. ...more

September 15, 2008

Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 20, 2008

SEBRING — Nursing homes and long term care facilities are places where many of us hope we never go, but where nearly half who reach retirement age will eventually reside. Several factors determine when it's time to sell the car, stop cooking and move into a skilled nursing facility or adult living center. Hanford Brace is a family physician with Integrity Health and regularly works with seniors. He said that residency at a skilled nursing facility after an illness or injury doesn't rule out a return home. ...more

May 11, 2008

TAMPA - Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 9, 2008

SEBRING — As the cops reporter, most of what I write about, the daily crime in Highlands County, is generally depressing, with an occasional laugh from some of the dumber crimes. ...more

January 1, 2008

Famed wrestler Hulk Hogan had a talk or two with his teenage son after the boy racked up a number of speeding tickets, some for driving faster than 100 mph. ...more

December 7, 2007