LAND O' LAKES - A 21-year-old Land O' Lakes man was being treated for serious injuries at a St. Petersburg hospital Friday and a man accused of striking him with his truck faces DUI charges. ...more

July 25, 2009

A 30-year-old woman with a pre-existing respiratory condition is the second person with swine flu to die in Florida. ...more

June 24, 2009

The man struck by a St. Petersburg Police squad car Friday night has been identified as Terry W. Barnes, 24, of New Haven, Conn., St. Petersburg police said this morning. ...more

June 15, 2009

Myakka City woman hit by lightning ...more

May 25, 2009

The 18-year-old man whose leg was severed when he was struck by a car early Monday on Main Street in Safety Harbor remains in critical condition this afternoon. ...more

April 21, 2009

David Senior, the 26-year-old Illinois man who fell from a sixth-story balcony this week in St. Pete Beach, had had "several beers' at a bar down the street beforehand, according to a St. Pete Beach police report released today. ...more

March 19, 2009

A man fell off a hotel balcony in St. Pete Beach and was taken to the hospital with injuries Tuesday night, according to police. ...more

March 18, 2009

Hunter, a male Mastiff mix, had been trained by its owner to play tug-of-war with a teddy bear about as large as a toddler, animal investigators said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. ...more

March 8, 2009

Police investigators say the driver of a 2000 Dodge minivan that was struck by an orange hauler Saturday night in Lake Placid was at fault. ...more

February 18, 2009