A Lakeland man died in a crash about 3:30 p.m. today on Rockridge Road near U.S. 98 in Polk County. ...more

November 7, 2008

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether alcohol was a factor in a three-car crash that killed one man in Seminole late Thursday night. ...more

November 7, 2008

Sebring police continue their search for the shooter or shooters who fired upon officers Oct. 3 at Orange Blossom Avenue and First Street in the Highlands Home subdivision. ...more

November 1, 2008

A 25-year-old St. Petersburg woman died this morning in a high-speed crash in Ruskin, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 31, 2008

Motorists can't see them as they drive along alternate U.S. 19, but bicycle riders, joggers and others who use the Pinellas Trail near the Dunn Water Reclamation plant can certainly smell the 2,000 free tail bats that have taken up residence in a tunnel under the roadway. ...more

October 27, 2008

Two tall, gray sandhill cranes serve as the greeting committee at the entrance to Lake Dan Preserve, flanked on the west and north by Pinellas and Pasco counties. ...more

October 18, 2008

A Valrico man and a 17-year-old boy broke into several vehicles in Valrico this morning, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 17, 2008

An Elmo doll, a Spider-Man blanket and a bouquet of fake flowers tied to a tree with fishing line are memorials to the brief life of 2-year-old Eduardo Betanzo-Reyes. ...more

October 14, 2008

Two people died Friday night and three others were seriously injured after the 2007 Mustang they were riding in – driven by a 16-year-old - struck a palm tree and a utility pole, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 11, 2008

With help from a state grant of $1.6 million and a housing developer's donation of about $80,000, Highlands County will go ahead with two major road improvements in the new 2008-09 fiscal year, which starts Wednesday. ...more

September 26, 2008