Two men died following a crash tonight on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 5, 2008

It wasn't a person drowning in the driver's seat of a car at the bottom of a retention pond. It was a dummy strapped into a contraption made of PVC pipe and construction mesh at the bottom of a swimming pool. ...more

August 27, 2008

A Avon Park man was pronounced dead at 9:32 a.m. Monday after a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on State Road 60, west of Lake Wales. James A. Wedemeier, 22, was driving in a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina when he crashed at 3:20 p.m. Friday, west of North Airport Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 26, 2008

It wasn't a person drowning in the driver's seat of a car at the bottom of retention pond. It was a dummy strapped into a contraption made of PVC pipe and construction mesh at the bottom of a swimming pool. ...more

August 26, 2008

Police, along with staff at Duck's Body Shop and Garage, demonstrated Friday a new public safety tool the department recently added in its arsenal called the ResQMe Mini Keychain Auto Escape Tool, by shattering a window on a junk car. ...more

August 16, 2008

Regarding "JetBlue Selling Pillows, Blankets" (Business, August 5). It is time that the American public helps the airlines with additional revenue ideas. Here are some creative tips the airline CEOs have probably thought of but not yet implemented: ...more

August 6, 2008

Two people died and three more were injured in a three-vehicle wreck Thursday night on State Road 683 north of 51st Avenue East in Bradenton, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. ...more

July 25, 2008

A Lakeland resident was taken to Highlands Regional Medical Center in serious condition Friday evening after crashing through a drainage culvert and flipping on the left side of his Ford SUV, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

July 14, 2008

Two Sarasota men died when their car lost control and tumbled through a Manatee County parking lot, striking four other vehicles early Sunday. ...more

July 13, 2008

Richard Buck went on a date Friday night before driving up to see his father in Citrus County early Saturday morning. ...more

July 13, 2008