Sometimes it pays to wear a bicycle helmet even if one is not riding a bicycle. ...more

January 31, 2008

Scott Macartney knew he was having a great run. He was moving fast over the ice and snow, through the ski-chattering turns, as he soared above the steep Austrian mountain. It wasn't until almost the end that Macartney's downhill run turned into disaster. ...more

January 31, 2008

Largo police say a helmet likely saved the life of a 12-year-old boy when a pole fell on his head in a chain of events at a school crossing Tuesday. The boy was holding his bicycle and waiting for crossing guards to guide him and his Largo Middle School schoolmates at Eighth Avenue Southwest and Ridge Road, Largo police said. ...more

January 30, 2008

Playing with a healthy squad for the first time since the second game of the season, host River Ridge stunned the No. 2-seeded Central Bears with a 2-0 victory in the semifinals of the Class 5A-District 7 tournament. ...more

January 25, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL HCA's perfect district slate disappears as defending 1A-6 champion Ocala-St. John rips Lady Lions, 63-27. ...more

January 20, 2008

To the uninitiated, it would seem quite obvious which team came into Tuesday night atop the standings in Class 1A, District 6. ...more

January 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police are investigating the source of an explosion that shattered the windows of several homes early Tuesday. ...more

January 1, 2008

Despite having J.J. Lain involved in a collision that caused him to be sent by helicopter to a hospital in Tampa with a possible concussion, the Nature Coast Technical Sharks boys' soccer team still almost managed to pull out a point in its 1-0 loss to Zephyrhills Thursday night. ...more

December 25, 2007

A man dressed as Santa Claus was knocked unconscious by a thrown object that hit his face while he was riding on the back of a truck decorated as a sleigh. ...more

December 19, 2007

Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who were struck and killed by a fellow deputy while pursuing a stolen car made "a fatal mistake" that likely caused their deaths, the sheriff said Thursday. ...more

December 2, 2007