A Lake Placid man was listed in fair condition at Tampa General Hospital, hospital spokesman John Dunn said Wednesday, after being flown out from the scene of a crash Monday evening on County Road 29 in Lake Placid. ...more

July 31, 2008

A Lake Placid man was listed in fair condition at Tampa General Hospital, hospital spokesman John Dunn said Wednesday, being flown out from the scene of a crash Monday evening on County Road 29 in Lake Placid. ...more

July 30, 2008

A section of U.S. 41 in Lutz closed for about 20 minutes this morning as crews responded to an accident involving a semi-truck that was leaking diesel fuel. ...more

July 19, 2008

One man was crushed to death and another injured when the driver of a pickup rolled over them and then fled Tuesday evening, police said. ...more

June 19, 2008

The driver of a pickup who sped away after his truck rolled over and dragged a man and a teen, killing the man, will not be charged with a crime, police said Wednesday. ...more

June 19, 2008

PLANT CITY - Friends and family of two youths run over by a pickup near the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds have identified the victims as 20-year-old Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, who died at the scene, and Sergio Calderon, who his friends said is 16 or 17 years old. ...more

June 17, 2008

A teenage boy has died after he and another teen were involved in a wreck in a stolen pickup in Polk County early Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

June 5, 2008

AVON PARK — Behind the auditorium stage at South Florida Community College, there's the chatter of 186 voices. "Are you nervous?" "Oh my God! How am I supposed to get this thing on my head?" Two steps away, a girl solved the problem with two clear barrettes. The senior standing beside her offered to help. "Where do you want these?" ...more

May 31, 2008

Editor's note: This is the first profile of the three Republicans running to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney for 16th District in the U.S. Congress. SEBRING — Tom Rooney is almost stereotypically Irish. He's tall, red-haired, flush-faced, freckled, and built like a lumberjack. Actually, he's a former tight end, an Army veteran and an attorney. His favorite rockers, according to his Facebook page, are the Dublin group U2. ...more

May 26, 2008

LAKELAND -- Polk County authorities say they have caught a third person who was involved in a chase in which shots were fired at deputies. ...more

February 22, 2008