An average of 17 times a day, I enter an automobile, twist my arthritic hip and stretch my bursitis ridden shoulder to place a safety harness across my med port. The port is plumbed directly into my heart for chemotherapy. My surgeon told me that a medium level impact while wearing my seat belt would probably unplug the port. Death would occur in about three minutes. ...more

August 29, 2009

A 16-year-old Seffner girl died early Saturday in a single-car crash on Interstate 75 near the junction with Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

June 27, 2009

Whether you're traveling on the road or in the friendly skies, Alison Rhodes, also known as "The Safety Mom," shares these tips for keeping your children safe in a plane, train, automobile or hotel room. ...more

December 12, 2008

A school bus driver was cited for turning left in front of approaching traffic Monday afternoon at U.S. 17 and Maxwell Drive in Wauchula, into the path of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, an FHP report stated. ...more

November 18, 2008

Galina Komissarchuk said she and her husband had been arguing with their daughter and son-in-law, when her daughter unexpectedly showed up at her parents' Sarasota house late at night. ...more

November 5, 2008

Have fun. That was the message Florida's coaching staff continually delivered during the week to QB Tim Tebow. ...more

October 12, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a motorist killed this morning in a wreck on Interstate 275 near the Pinellas Park exit as Glenda K. Fresh, 54, of Largo. Troopers said Fresh was southbound in a four-door 1990 Buick about 3:25 a.m. when the car drifted onto the right grassy shoulder for unknown reasons. The car traveled south in the grass along the brush line. Once the front left tire struck a concrete wall in the grass, the Buick rolled onto its side and slid into a water-filled ditch, troopers said. The vehicle came to a stop on its roof inside the ditch. Fresh was wearing her seatbelt, troopers said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. ...more

November 14, 2007

Regarding 'Sadly, Marine Has Nothing But Time' (Metro, Oct. 16): I seldom agree with the viewpoints espoused by Daniel Ruth but am moved to express my support of this column regarding the Bollea/Graziano circus. Although the injured young man must bear some responsibility for riding in Nick Bollea's speeding car without a seatbelt, the price he's paying is steep. ...more

October 17, 2007

The general manager of WFTS, Channel 28, crashed into a woman's car Wednesday night, became belligerent and grabbed the motorist by the neck, police said Friday. ...more

September 15, 2007

TAMPA – The general manager of Channel 28 turned himself in to the Morgan Street Jail shortly after 3 p.m. in connection with a traffic incident, according to a Tampa Police Department release. ...more

September 14, 2007