A man who lost control of his car on State Road 60 and later decided to lie down in the road was run over and killed about 6 a.m. today. ...more

September 14, 2008

As the developer of FishHawk Ranch puts final touches on plans to widen and upgrade FishHawk Boulevard, residents say they are concerned about how the work will impede getting on, off or across the major east-west thoroughfare. ...more

September 3, 2008

As the developer of FishHawk Ranch puts final touches on plans to widen and upgrade FishHawk Boulevard, residents say they are concerned about how the work will impede getting on, off or across the major east-west thoroughfare. ...more

September 3, 2008

Casey Weldon Till rear-ended a Toyota and attacked a family Sunday night in Haines City, killing a person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, Polk County deputies say. Investigators arrested Till, 26, at his Haines City home. ...more

August 18, 2008

A Port Charlotte woman told deputies she saw the child about 5:45 p.m. Saturday at a McDonald's in Ruskin, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said today. ...more

August 6, 2008

A 50-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while making a left turn in Polk County Saturday afternoon. ...more

August 3, 2008

The third "Mummy" installment dutifully sends its characters to China, where they participate in international competitions of zombie fencing, yeti vaulting and synchronized senselessness. ...more

July 31, 2008

The driver of a 1979 Yamaha motorcycle died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday while heading east on Bay Pines Boulevard from the Madeira Beach Causeway, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

July 26, 2008

Five businesses have closed in the last year; storeowners complain of high rent, fees. ...more

June 29, 2008

TAMPA - A bridge tender in Bradenton heard a loud bang this morning and discovered that someone had shot the window on the side of his shack, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

June 9, 2008