A train struck a flatbed truck about 11 a.m. Tuesday, and the driver was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Kim Jan Nagelhoute, 51, a driver for Helena Chemical Co., was attempting to pull across the railroad tracks and into the Dade City business's driveway when the crash occurred, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash caused 17 empty coal cars and two locomotives to derail. Willie Lee Brown, an engineer on the CSX train, was taken to Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City; his condition was not immediately available. Charges are pending against Nagelhoute. ...more

March 4, 2009

The driver of a flatbed truck was in serious condition at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa after the truck was struck by a train this morning. ...more

March 3, 2009

Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven is open again following a single-car crash early this morning. The driver, 21-year-old Tyler Parton, and his father, 49-year-old Kenneth Parton, both of Bartow, were in stable condition at area hospitals. ...more

February 26, 2009

A standoff between an armed man and Lakeland police came to an end when three officers shot the man. ...more

February 26, 2009

A Sebring woman who was reported missing on Friday was located later in the evening at Highlands Regional Medical Center, according to Sheriff's Det. Jamie Davidson on Monday. ...more

February 23, 2009

Polk County sheriff's detectives are investigating a stabbing death that occurred tonight near the intersection of Harrelson and Chart Pine roads in North Lakeland. ...more

February 21, 2009

Two Haines City children were seriously injured in a crash Wednesday night in Polk County. ...more

February 19, 2009

Longtime city commissioner and former mayor Mike Sparkman was scheduled this week for nonsurgical treatment for prostate cancer. ...more

February 18, 2009

One person was shot at a Publix warehouse in Lakeland today, and the shooter appears to have committed suicide, Lakeland police spokesman Jack Gillen said. ...more

February 17, 2009

Dramatic results of smoke-free law in Colorado has implications for both Hernando and Citrus counties. ...more

February 16, 2009