The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for a white pickup or sport-utility vehicle that was involved Monday in a fatal crash with a motorcyclist on the Howard Frankland Bridge. ...more

December 30, 2008

A 23-year-old St. Petersburg man was seriously injured this morning when he lost control of his car on Interstate 275 near the Hillsborough/Pasco County line. ...more

December 25, 2008

A 69-year-old homeless woman walking north on Enterprise Road in Pinellas County died after being struck by a 1998 Honda Civic on Wednesday night. ...more

December 11, 2008

A Brooksville woman died Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash in Citrus County. ...more

December 6, 2008

It looked like a horrific scene Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement and wrecking crews worked a six-vehicle accident on U.S. 27 in front of the entrance of Lakeshore Mall. Debris littered the roadway, and a few of the cars suffered massive damage as a result of the crash. ...more

December 4, 2008

The quarter-mile-long riverfront bend that runs from Franklin Street east to Channelside Drive has been known by many names through the years. ...more

December 2, 2008

A 33-year-old man died and three other people were injured after a car overturned on State Road 60 at Sam Hicks Road in Plant City earlier today, Saturday troopers said. ...more

November 29, 2008

I have completed reading "Enforcing the Law" in the Nov. 25 issue of your paper, and would like to make the following observations. ...more

November 29, 2008

Taxpayers didn't purchase conservation lands all across Hillsborough County only to have developers access subdivisions through the middle of them, South Shore residents told a county official last week. ...more

November 26, 2008

Now that the dust for election for Highlands County sheriff is settling, I implore Sheriff Benton to enforce the following: According to Florida Statute 316.089 Driving On Roadways Laned For Traffic – Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith, shall apply: 2. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle (my emphasis) traveling in the same direction when such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, when in preparation for making a left turn, or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by official traffic control devices." ...more

November 25, 2008