A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2009

A motorcyclist died Wednesday night after riding between stopped cars on Interstate 4, losing control of the bike and sliding beneath a moving tow truck, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The motorcyclist, who has not been identified, died at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet, troopers said. ...more

October 15, 2009

A Webster man man is in critical condition this afternoon after a two-vehicle accident near Richland. Ryan Holewinski, 43, was driving south on U.S. 98 around 7 a.m. today when a pickup turning onto the highway from Janmar Road drove into his path, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. ...more

June 22, 2009

If Brian Moore wants the sheriff's office to shut down roads so he can protest, he ought to pay for it himself. ...more

June 18, 2009

A homeless man accused of raping an acquaintance in a Sarasota park has been arrested. A Sarasota police officer spotted Ulices Serrano, 27, near 10th Street and Orange Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, ordered him to stop and found a steak knife in his jeans pocket, according to the arrest report. ...more

May 7, 2009

Moderation: An essential word when you're trying to optimize wellness. Keep that word in mind, and goals will last a lot longer, say Dallas-based health and exercise experts Regina Coreil and Ginger Schirmer. ...more

March 21, 2009

The University of South Florida on Monday launched a drive to persuade area doctors to ditch their paper medical records and switch to an all-electronic prescriptions system. ...more

March 17, 2009

The University of South Florida Monday launched a drive to persuade area doctors to ditch their paper medical records and switch to an all electronic prescriptions system. ...more

March 16, 2009

A man whose body was found March 1 in a ditch in Ruskin has been identified as 52-year-old Dale Strunk, Hillsborough County deputies say. Strunk had no obvious signs of trauma, though it's up to the medical examiner's office to determine an official cause of death, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The cause of death is pending toxicology results. ...more

March 11, 2009

A storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids. ...more

March 3, 2009