The moon was a dusky orange crescent low in the eastern sky as Larry Cosner drove past the guard house at Saddlebrook Resort shortly after 5 a.m. on a Saturday. ...more

March 29, 2009

A man running from a Polk County deputy was killed Sunday night, when he was struck by a vehicle while trying to dash across U.S. 27. ...more

March 16, 2009

SEBRING Traffic on U.S. 27 North was creeping along at a snail's pace late Monday afternoon as emergency personnel cleaned up two separate accidents that were only a few feet apart. ...more

March 3, 2009

A 28-year-old man was charged with having faulty brakes after his pickup truck crashed into the door of a McDonald's Tuesday 2/10 evening. ...more

February 10, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol has released the description of a vehicle that investigators say is connected to a Jan. 11 hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a Hudson man. ...more

January 20, 2009

Police are searching for two men who tried to rob three people in Clearwater early this morning, shooting one and striking another victim in the face with a pistol. ...more

December 14, 2008

The deaths of Nicholas Marcotrigiano, 17, and Hailey M. Weatherly, 15, in an early-morning crash on State Road 60 in Plant City Aug. 4 drew hundreds of messages of condolence and comments at TBO.com. The Florida Highway Patrol said Weatherly, of Valrico, was driving a 1999 Jeep Cherokee east alongside a 1996 Ford Ranger driven by Marcotrigiano, of Plant City, when the vehicles collided about 12:10 a.m. just east of Mud Lake Road. Marcotrigiano's passenger, Brandon L. Simonds, 17, and Weatherly's passenger, Amelia Lee Gold, 16, both of Valrico, were seriously injured in the crash. All four attended Bloomingdale High School last year. Simonds and Gold will be juniors there this school year. None of the teens were wearing seatbelts, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 13, 2008

By Tuesday morning, impromptu roadside memorials marked the location where two teens died early Monday when their vehicles crashed after colliding on State Road 60. ...more

August 6, 2008

The conditions of two teenage passengers seriously injured in a crash early Monday hasn't changed. One remains in serious condition at Tampa General Hospital. The other remains in critical condition. ...more

August 5, 2008

Two teen drivers died after their cars collided as they were driving side by side on State Road 60 early this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 4, 2008