Electronic message boards now are flashing alerts to drivers in the northbound and southbound lanes of U.S. 19 near Ridge Road. ...more

October 22, 2008

Matt McCoy, a linebacker signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent this year, was released from the team Saturday after being arrested earlier that morning on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence. ...more

October 19, 2008

The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near San Antonio in Pasco County are closed after a red truck overturned in the median, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 17, 2008

One person is dead and two others injured after a Thursday afternoon crash that has shut down southbound Interstate 75 at milepost 305 in Hernando County. ...more

October 9, 2008

A head-on collision has snarled traffic on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard near Amberly Drive and Bearss Avenue. ...more

October 5, 2008

A 33-year-old Wesley Chapel man was killed this morning after he lost control of his 2004 Suzuki motorcycle on a curve on Keene Road and struck a utility pole, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 29, 2008

A woman was cited for careless driving Wednesday after she clipped the back of a taxi and rear-ended a school bus, police said. ...more

September 25, 2008

At least eight children are being treated today at University Community Hospital after a car struck a school bus near Van Buren Middle School this morning, an official said. Hospital spokesman Will Darnall said the children are listed in good and fair condition; none has major injuries. ...more

September 24, 2008

A portion of Mariner Boulevard was shut down for more than three hours Tuesday after a car veered off the road and toppled a power pole, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. ...more

September 24, 2008

An 80-year-old woman is in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa after a three-vehicle wreck at U.S. 301 and Trilby Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The wreck happened 7:45 p.m. Sunday. Alice Richardson Neish of Zephyrhills was traveling north on U.S. 301 when, for unknown reasons, she veered into the southbound lanes, the highway patrol said. She was critically injured after her 2008 Chevrolet Cavalier struck a 1997 Buick before getting broadsided by a 2008 Nissan. The driver of the Cavalier, Maricela Benites-Rodriguez, 31, of San Antonio, was taken to St. Joseph's with serious injuries, as were the Nissan's driver, Michael Hernandez, 50, of Wesley Chapel, and his passengers, Darlene Lugo-Hernandez, 44, and Jonathan Hernandez, 11. The highway patrol was investigating. The victims' conditions were unavailable today. ...more

September 22, 2008