POLK CITY - Smoke from a bush fire mixed with early morning fog was blamed for a 50-vehicle pileup in Polk County early this morning that Sheriff Grady Judd called "the worst you've ever seen." ...more

January 9, 2008

A deadly mix of fog and smoke from a brush fire has led to the deaths of at least four people in a series of crashes on Interstate 4 near Polk City. ...more

January 9, 2008

A truck driver failed to stop for traffic, plowing into nine other vehicles in an accident Thursday morning that killed two people, state troopers said. ...more

January 6, 2008

Golden Pleas was running errands Monday morning when she saw a GMC Acadia SUV overturned across the eastbound lanes of East Hillsborough Avenue that looked just like the one her son left in that morning. ...more

December 31, 2007

The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory for the Tampa Bay area this morning. ...more

December 23, 2007

A day after his life came unraveled to the squeal of tires and clash of metal, Eugene Eichorn recuperated at home. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - A day after his life came unraveled to the squeal of tires and snarl of metal, Eugene Eichorn was recuperating at home. The gravity of what happened early Tuesday morning -- the violent death of his fiancée, Tonya Ellis -- had yet to sink in, he said. ...more

December 5, 2007

Tonya Ellis and her fiance shared their last ride to work Tuesday morning. ...more

December 5, 2007

Tanya Ellis and her fiancé shared their last ride to work this morning. Shortly before 6 a.m., Ellis and Eugene Eichorn hopped into a white Toyota Corolla and left their home on 1508 E. Genessee St. They had worked together at a road construction company for roughly two years, she flagging drivers toward detours and he putting up barriers for road work, a supervisor said. ...more

December 4, 2007

Maybe it was boredom. Whatever the reason, it put the 19-year-old behind bars. ...more

November 27, 2007