TAMPA - Two teenagers in town to play in a college soccer showcase left their hotel Friday to get a late night snack. Moments later, Kaitlyn M. Grogan lay dead in the street and Brittany J. Gruber had a fractured skull and other serious injuries. ...more

February 16, 2008

A helicopter pilot was killed when his small craft crashed into a freeway and burst into flames, authorities said. ...more

January 27, 2008

Late-night motorists on Interstate 75 in southern Hillsborough County likely will have to slow down for a few days, starting Sunday. But if they make it to Brandon, they will be the first to see fancy new information signs go up over the traffic lanes. ...more

January 26, 2008

Late-night motorists on Interstate 75 in southern Hillsborough County likely will have to slow down for a few days, starting Sunday. But if they make it to Brandon, they will be the first to see fancy new information signs go up over the traffic lanes. ...more

January 26, 2008

A water main burst deep beneath Mariner Boulevard on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close the southbound lanes for hours at the notorious "Four Corners" intersection with Spring Hill Drive. ...more

January 24, 2008

A water main burst deep beneath Mariner Boulevard on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close the southbound lanes for hours at the notorious "Four Corners" intersection with Spring Hill Drive. ...more

January 23, 2008

Late Monday night, prosecutors added first-degree murder to the charges against the man being held in the slaying of Denise Amber Lee, a North Port woman found in a shallow grave Saturday. ...more

January 22, 2008

U.S. 19 drivers soon can look up and see the light – the light of an overhead LED message board, that is. Traffic advisories or warnings are envisioned for the huge signs once installation work is completed on the project for the Florida Department of Transportation. ...more

January 19, 2008