One of the great subtleties of hockey occurs when a wind-up slap shot rockets past a goaltender and hits nothing but twine and pops the water bottle up into the air. Nearly as sure as the red light flashing behind the net, the bottle jumping off the top of the net - what is often referred to as a "popper" - signifies the puck hit nothing but twine. ...more

December 3, 2007

Referring to the dozens of traffic lights in Sebring-Avon Park U.S. 27 area and north on U.S. 27, the use of sensors to prevent the running of red lights will create other problems: mainly motorists like myself will either continually slam on brakes on yellow to avoid a possible ticket or alternately drive at 20 mph in order to stop within the three seconds allowed on yellow before the red light. Almost all U.S. 27 lights change to yellow when I approach within 140 yards of them and three seconds is not enough time to make it through the red. As a retiree on a fixed pension, I cannot just work overtime to pay any traffic fine. A traffic ticket to seniors means no food for weeks to pay any fines or the loss of the car, and so no means to get food in. My solution is to drive very slow, in order to stop within three seconds, but unfortunately I must drive in the fast outside lanes to avoid transport trucks (most of them cannot stop and do not stop for these red lights) from crashing into my car at the rear, and most trucks travel the inside lanes. ...more

December 2, 2007

A Clearwater man has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an Oct. 5 crash that killed a Dunedin woman. ...more

November 25, 2007

A Clearwater man has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an Oct. 5 crash that resulted in the death of a Dunedin woman. ...more

November 24, 2007

LAKE PLACID — All four members of the town council favored drafting an ordinance that might pave the way for installation of cameras at the intersection of Interlake Boulevard and U.S. 27 in an effort to curtail red light violators. ...more

November 21, 2007

A 21-year-old man who officials say T-boned a Pinellas County deputy's car early this morning is in jail, charged with driving while intoxicated, sheriff's officials said. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - Sebring motorcyclist James Wethington was listed in fair condition as of 2:45 p.m. Monday after recovering from a Sunday morning motorcycle accident in Sebring, according to an official at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

November 5, 2007