Roads were closed for five hours Thursday in Hendry County as hazmat crews cleaned up manganese nitrate and iron nitrate that fell from a Lake Placid truck driver's rig. ...more

August 28, 2009

A 41-year-old man was killed Saturday night when his motorcycle collided with a car that had jumped a concrete median and veered into his lane on 54th Avenue North in Pinellas County. ...more

July 5, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the man and woman killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on State Road 62 as James Jones, 40, of Avon Park and Janice Zonneveld, 59, of Palmetto. ...more

April 5, 2009

President Barack Obama is playing a bit of divide and conquer this week, pitting his Republican critics in Washington against GOP governors and mayors eager for the federal money that his hard-fought stimulus plan will bring. Next on the list of Republican notables to embrace the president is California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is to join Obama at a town hall meeting Thursday in Los Angeles. ...more

March 19, 2009

A fatal motorcycle crash has brought traffic to a standstill at State Road 54 and Morris Bridge Road in Pasco County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

January 15, 2009

Five people were injured in a collision between a Polk County Transit Services bus and a van in Lake Alfred. Four of the injured were passengers on the bus. The other injured person was the driver of the van. All have been taken to a hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, said Heather Smith, spokeswoman for the Polk County Public Safety department. ...more

December 1, 2008

A 37-year-old man died Tuesday night when his motorcycle collided with a pickup on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 27, 2008

A 37-year-old man died Tuesday night when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 25, 2008

Motorists traveling in the Riverivew area need to be aware that the eastbound lane of Riverview Drive between Kanawaha Road and Dyer Road will be closed intermittently through Oct. 25. ...more

October 24, 2008

Virginia Williams is suing a Plant City pub, claiming it was negligent by serving alcohol to a 20-year-old Dover man who later was involved in a crash with her Chevrolet. ...more

October 10, 2008