Appliance and electronics retailer HHGregg plans on hiring more than 250 new employees in Tampa as it opens several stores in the area this fall. Positions range from sales associate to store manager. Retail experience is not required, but bilingual English/Spanish speakers are "strongly encouraged" to apply, the company said. ...more

September 3, 2009

A 12-year-old girl died this morning after she was thrown from a vehicle on an Interstate 75 overpass and plummeted to the busy U.S. 301 beneath, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 13, 2009

A page A1 article in Wednesday's Hernando Today was unclear about when services will be held for Hernando Beach soldier Justin Dean Coleman. ...more

July 30, 2009

Investigators believe someone set a fire in a city storage building early this morning that caused at least $20,000 in damage. ...more

July 19, 2009

Southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Hernando County are open following a fatal tractor-trailer wreck this morning that had blocked traffic for more than three hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers responded to a call at 4:50 a.m. and found a semitrailer and van involved in a crash. The tractor-trailer's driver, whose name was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said. ...more

July 6, 2009

A 16-year-old Seffner girl died early Saturday in a single-car crash on Interstate 75 near the junction with Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

June 27, 2009

A Pinellas Park man died this morning after his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

June 2, 2009

A 50-year-old Gainesville man died Tuesday afternoon when he lost control of his truck while exiting from Interstate 4 to Interstate 75. ...more

May 5, 2009

Traffic is still moving slowly on Interstate-75 near Punta Gorda, following a collision between a gas tanker truck and a pick-up truck. ...more

May 1, 2009

Alligator Alley will open for a few hours even as wildfires continue to pour over the highway. ...more

April 28, 2009