County officials and leaders of St. Stephen Catholic Church are hoping a little give-and-take can resolve their differences over the widening of Boyette Road. ...more

June 7, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road for them to record in the way of drivers who run red lights. But now that violators are getting slapped with fines, the Port Richey Police Department is hoping word will spread and one of most dangerous intersections in Pasco County will get a little less so. "The whole idea of this program is deterrence," Officer John Schwarz, who is the system's local point man, said. ...more

June 6, 2008

Carrollwood Village resident Alice Dicola uses the West Village Drive and Ehrlich Road intersection almost every day. There, she said she has noticed a dangerous pattern. ...more

May 31, 2008

TAMPA - A 62-year-old woman died in a collision on State Road 60 in Brandon late Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

May 25, 2008

SEBRING — The busy intersection of Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard will be further improved for safety by adding a traffic signal and three turning lanes. The intersection, north of Sebring and south of Avon Park, is now a four-way stop. Highlands County Engineer Ramon Gavarrete said a traffic-crash problem at Memorial and Valerie was solved last year when traffic control there was upgraded from a two-way stop to a four-way stop. Now, Gavarrete said, a traffic signal is needed because traffic volume is expected to increase greatly when the new Memorial Drive Elementary School opens in late August. ...more

May 24, 2008

Traffic dramatically increased on Beacon Woods Drive shortly after the Wal-Mart Supercenter opened, so Pasco County officials are considering an additional left-turn lane into a parking lot entrance for the store. ...more

May 20, 2008

A 70-year-old Englewood woman was seriously injured Sunday night when a patrol car from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office ran into the car she was driving. ...more

May 12, 2008

Traffic dramatically increased on Beacon Woods Drive shortly after the Wal-Mart Supercenter opened, so county officials are considering an additional left-turn lane into a parking lot entrance for the store. ...more

May 10, 2008

At least one person is dead after a crash at 7:50 a.m. today at State Road 64 and 48th Street Court in Bradenton, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

May 2, 2008

The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex face one last spacewalk today to wrap up exterior work on the newly installed Columbus lab, which flight controllers expect to be in use before Atlantis leaves next week. ...more

February 15, 2008