Jordan Valdez, the Davis Islands teenager charged in the hit-and-run death of a homeless woman, was sentenced today to probation and 250 hours of community service. Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe decided the 17-year-old should be sentenced as a juvenile. ...more

November 24, 2009

If you believe pedestrians have the right of way, you are not only wrong, you could be dead wrong. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 21-year-old woman whose attorney says was kept in a transport van for 45 minutes while a St. Petersburg police officer went to lunch was found not guilty today of the charges that landed her in custody in the first place. ...more

February 12, 2009

More than a year after a 24-vehicle crash on Interstate 4, a final report by the Florida Highway Patrol has been competed and released. ...more

February 2, 2009

When Dorothy Kennedy got her last traffic citation, a man named Eisenhower was in the White House and a man named Elvis was burning up the airwaves. ...more

January 22, 2009

Florida saw traffic fatalities drop for the second straight year in 2007, although Highlands County's numbers rose slightly. ...more

October 18, 2008

Former St. Louis Cardinals coach George Kissell died Tuesday night at a local hospital after a crash Monday at 110th Avenue and U.S. 19. ...more

October 9, 2008

Former St. Louis Cardinals coach George Kissell is in critical condition after a crash Monday at 110th Avenue and U.S. 19, police say. ...more

October 7, 2008

South Florida Community College's Community Education Department is offering a series of Safe Driving Accident Prevention Program courses for drivers who have received a traffic citation. ...more

July 28, 2008

The South Carolina sheriff's deputy who stopped a car with two University of South Florida students in August says he initially suspected the silver Toyota with a Florida tag was involved in drug trafficking. But under questioning by defense attorneys for the two men, Deputy James Lamar Blakely said that when he was told by another deputy that the pair had copies of the Quran, that raised suspicions in his mind of terrorism. ...more

February 19, 2008