There are so many people on U.S. 27 that should not be behind the wheel of a car. Some people just don't care how they drive, or about others, as long as they have their cell phones and the gas pedal. Also, I'd like to know why so many grass-cutters in and around Sebring do not have tags on their trailers when they go out to cut grass? If I was to go out onto U.S. 27 with no tags on my car I would soon get stopped, so how is it different for them? I have also seen them with no tail lights or turn signals, which is so dangerous when driving behind them; Why is the law different for them than what it is for me? Changing the subject, I would like to comment on the letter from "Billie," you're right, the "rich people" are just too greedy to help anybody else but themselves. With the oil companies, they made so many millions last year, just think what they will be making once gas prices reach $4 a gallon! ...more

May 23, 2008

A Polk City man has died of injuries from an automobile accident late Thursday night. ...more

May 23, 2008

AUTO RACING Brooksville's Keith Zavrel, in 16th season, remains in top 10 of Super Late Model's division at CCS. ...more

May 23, 2008

Tampa Tribune review of "Speed Racer" video game ...more

May 23, 2008

System: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Nintendo ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA - A 65-year-old man who witnesses said was walking naked through the back yards of their Sarasota neighborhood Saturday tried to fight with deputies and had to be subdued with pepper spray and a Taser, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 24, 2008

My letter is in regard to the four-wheel ATV accident in Orange Blossom Estates last week. I have for seven years tried to get the four-wheel ATV vehicles off our county roads and the rights of way, with little success. In 2007 there was an accident on Canter Path Silver Fox. A young man speeding, wrecked and had to be airlifted in critical condition. Now we have a fatality and another hospitalized. It is time that the laws regarding ATVs be changed. Captain Blackman of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office stated that the fine for using an ATV on our roads is on $78; this is not sufficient and needs to be amended. The price of an officer to respond, wear and tear on the vehicle and the cost of fuel is greater than $78. This law needs to be amended. A four-wheel ATV is like a car or even a gun in the wrong hands, under the wrong conditions. People are severely injured and in this case killed. ...more

February 19, 2008

Dunedin has to find a new name for its baseball stadium. Cable TV provider Knology will give up naming rights at the end of the year. ...more

February 11, 2008

A 39-year-old Plant City man was killed when a sport utility vehicle overturned while trying to exit Interstate 4 last night, authorities said. Billy Wayne Dean died at the scene, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Another person, Marlene Harper, 31, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release said. Both lived at 301 North Wilder Road in Plant City, the release said. ...more

February 9, 2008

A man shot while buying drugs was found slumped behind the wheel of his Dodge pickup this morning in Bradenton, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

February 3, 2008