An 25-year-old Auburndale man died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday night on Recker Highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Francisco Javier Ramirez was driving south about 9:21 p.m. when his van swerved into the northbound lane and went off the east shoulder into a ditch, troopers said. The 1989 Chevrolet van then struck a concrete culvert just north of Commercial Boulevard, troopers said. ...more

December 5, 2008

The secluded spot behind the chain link fence was a natural magnet to any boy with an imagination: Shady pines, tall bluffs and soft sand for rolling in. ...more

November 24, 2007

The secluded spot behind the chain link fence was a natural magnet to any boy with an imagination: shady pines, tall bluffs, soft sand for rolling in. ...more

November 23, 2007