PLANT CITY - More than 50 firefighters from two departments continue to battle a three-alarm blaze consuming a mansion in Walden Lake, the city's largest subdivision, fire rescue officials said. ...more

June 30, 2008

The city will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss removing 21/2-feet-tall walls that block traffic around Fremont Linear Park. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEFFNER - A man who refused to stop his vehicle for Florida Highway Patrol troopers early Tuesday morning fled on foot and was found hiding in a tree, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

June 18, 2008

CLEARWATER – The Florida Highway Patrol is on the scene of a serious crash of a bicyclist and vehicle. ...more

May 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - County officials have approved preliminary plans for a Lowe's home improvement store near the intersection of State Road 54 and U.S. 41. ...more

May 5, 2008

Residents of Leisure Lakes had a frightening reminder this past week of what can happen with a brush fire. Nearly 400 acres of land were burned, homes and other structures were threatened. People had to evacuate and resources were expended by several fire departments. Fortunately nobody was injured. Although it was said to be an accident, the fire really never should have started. Apparently a resident was burning yard trash and red-hot material escaped. ...more

February 17, 2008

Dozens of Springwood Estates residents packed county commission chambers Tuesday asking for relief from the traffic inside their community once a planned 397,000-square-foot shopping center is built near there. ...more

January 16, 2008

In dense fog and smoke on a rural stretch of Interstate 4, a slightly injured Wilfredo Reveron tried to help. ...more

January 12, 2008

A deadly mix of fog and smoke from a brush fire has led to the deaths of at least four people in a series of crashes on Interstate 4 near Polk City. ...more

January 9, 2008

It's been a productive two years for Mike Anderson, but at the end of December he'll step down from the top job at the Sun City Center Emergency Squad. ...more

December 19, 2007