The Tampa-St. Petersburg area ranks second to Orlando as the most dangerous U.S. metropolitan area for pedestrians in a report released this morning by two non-profit coalitions that advocate for transportation issues. ...more

November 9, 2009

Susan Finney (June 11) writes that we should have what she call a constitutional basic freedom right to choose the consumption of raw milk. Raw milk can carry Listeria, a tough little bacterium. It can travel through the nervous system and cause meningitis, can infect the unborn child of a pregnant woman and can kill. In severe infections, fatality rate can be as high as 25 percent. ...more

June 20, 2009

Most states, including Florida, had safer roads last year – and higher gas prices might have been the reason. ...more

February 5, 2009

Teens from local high schools got a lesson in safe driving Tuesday and, hopefully, the motivation to persuade others to put down their cell phones and buckle up. ...more

October 22, 2008

Less than two months into the job in the oilfields of West Texas, Brandon Garrett was sliced in half by a motorized spool of steel cable as he and co-workers struggled to get a drilling rig up and running. ...more

September 11, 2008

Driving solo for the first time ranks high on the list of teen milestones, right up there with graduation, a prom or even the first kiss. ...more

September 10, 2008

Driving solo for the first time ranks high on the list of teen milestones, right up there with graduation, prom or even the first kiss. ...more

September 9, 2008

Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008