Scott Macartney knew he was having a great run. He was moving fast over the ice and snow, through the ski-chattering turns, as he soared above the steep Austrian mountain. It wasn't until almost the end that Macartney's downhill run turned into disaster. ...more

January 31, 2008

Interstate 4 accident victim's brother and a family attorney speak out. ...more

January 16, 2008

Polk County sheriff's Deputy Jack "Carlton" Turner's voice over the department radio betrayed the horrifying scope of disaster unfolding around him on Interstate 4. ...more

January 13, 2008

TAMPA - Deputy Jack "Carlton" Turner's voice over the department radio betrayed the horrifying scope of disaster unfolding around him on Interstate 4. "I'm having vehicles exploding all around me at this time," he said frantically near the end of the transmission recorded that morning and released by the sheriff's office on Friday. ...more

January 12, 2008

Saturday night I was driving back from the Orlando area and hit an incredibly large patch of fog between Exit 55 and the Lakeland exits on Interstate 4. I could not see more than a few feet in front of my car. This happened around 1 a.m. I wish authorities would install lighting in this stretch of I-4, because currently lighting stops after Exit 55 (Kissimmee). ...more

January 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Police think a man stole a car New Year's morning on Catfish Lane, then crashed it within a few miles of the owner's residence, killing himself. "The people who live across the street heard a crash about 3 a.m." said Lake Placid Chief Phil Williams, "but they couldn't see anything through the fog. Sometime later this a.m., someone else discovered the car and called it in." ...more

January 1, 2008

Candace Parker scored a season-high 34 points and Alexis Hornbuckle added 17 to help top-ranked Tennessee (8-0) to an 84-61 win against Middle Tennessee (3-5) on Thursday night. ...more

December 14, 2007

TAMPA - With only about 48 hours to wait, roughly 25 people are lined up this morning at the entrance to an Ikea store set to open in Orlando on Wednesday. Joseph Roth, a spokesman for the Swedish company, said that number may swell to several thousand by the time doors open in the 309,000-square-foot store at 9 a.m. Wednesday. ...more

November 12, 2007