Two General Motors cars due in showrooms next year must be hits to help the automaker turn around sales and pay back its big debt to U.S. taxpayers. ...more

November 12, 2009

The Silver Alert for a missing 71-year-old Hernando man has been canceled. ...more

April 16, 2009

A motorcyclist who was killed this morning in Pinellas Park has been identified as Ronald Kilman, 53, of St. Petersburg, police said. At 12:42 a.m. today, Kilman was riding his 2005 Honda motorcycle south on Belcher Road when the motorcycle collided with a Chevrolet Malibu at Park Boulevard, police said. Kilman had the green light, Pinellas Park police said. ...more

February 25, 2009

For a year, General Motors has been singing the praises of the new Chevrolet Malibu, voted by auto writers as the 2008 North American Car of the Year and billed by GM Chairman Rick Wagoner as "the finest midsized car this country offers." To promote its launch, GM spent nearly $250 million on advertising, dubbing it "the car you can't ignore." ...more

February 21, 2009

A reading teacher and food service manager were honored Thursday night by the Polk County School District. ...more

February 12, 2009

A 2.4-liter Ecotec inline four-cylinder engine develops 164 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 159 pounds-feet of torque at 5000 rpm. ...more

February 7, 2009

Gulfport police have arrested two St. Petersburg 16-year-old boys on charges they took part in a carjacking Saturday night. Two others involved have not been identified, said Lt. Robert Vincent of the Gulport Police Department. ...more

January 20, 2009

Police Monday afternoon charged a St. Petersburg man with aggravated assault with a vehicle after what they say was a road rage incident that started on Interstate 75 and ended in downtown Tampa. ...more

January 12, 2009

Detroit's automakers are making a second bid for $25 billion in congressional funding this week. CEOs from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, who were criticized last month for traveling to Washington separately by private jets and faced pointed questions about their salaries, are seeking to defuse those issues. ...more

December 3, 2008

Firefighters had to lift a vehicle Tuesday morning to rescue a driver after a two-car wreck, fire officials said. ...more

September 17, 2008