A dump trunk overturned Monday morning along U.S. 19, causing a road to close and traffic to be re-routed for more than two hours, troopers said. ...more

May 11, 2009

It's a long-held tradition in eastern Hillsborough County for members of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival's best flat contests. ...more

March 18, 2009

The prospect for getting the permit soon to build a new section at the county landfill is brighter, but still far from certain, Utilities Director Joe Stapf told the county commission Tuesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

Pertaining to the ditch cleaning dirt along the roads and highways of Highlands County. They used to give that dirt to the residents here in the area to fill in low spots in their yards, but now, because of someone's bright idea, they have the Road and Bridge Department drive 20-30 miles round trip to dump it in the landfill. Doesn't this practice fill up they landfill much quicker and cost the residents of Highlands County thousands of dollars more in fuel costs and man hours, trucking this dirt all the way out to the landfill? Whose brainless idea was it in the first place? ...more

November 28, 2008

It probably wasn't mice, but it could have been a rat who stole a semi-tractor trailer with 18 pallets of Wisconsin cheese, parked on U.S. 27 in front of Florida Hospital in Lake Placid. ...more

July 28, 2008

A dump truck driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has been released after voluntarily coming forward to give a statement, police said. ...more

February 7, 2008

LAKELAND - A dump truck driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has turned himself in to police, investigators said. ...more

February 7, 2008

Regarding 'Crist: Slow Reservoirs Will Hurt N. Florida' (Metro, Oct. 26): Now our governor is asking our president not to allow Georgia to keep its water in Georgia for their residents. ...more

October 29, 2007