One hundred and twenty gallons of diesel spilled at the landfill, concluded an engineering firm hired by Highlands County to investigate the fuel spill. That information is being reported to the state. ...more

October 23, 2009

A wreck involving two trucks is slowing down traffic on State Road 54 in Pasco County. ...more

May 29, 2009

A dump trunk overturned Monday morning along U.S. 19, causing a road to close and traffic to be re-routed for more than two hours, troopers said. ...more

May 11, 2009

A 20-month-old girl who sheriff's investigators reported sustained severe injuries Sunday at the hands of Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III, 32, of Sebring, was still in "very critical condition," according to Sheriff's Sgt. Darin Hood on Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

A sinkhole swallowed large drilling equipment at a Polk County Utilities project at the proposed Edgehill Water Production Facility, a Polk County Public Safety news release states. ...more

January 9, 2009

TAMPA - An ambulance on its way to Tampa General Hospital on Davis Islands struck a guardrail on the exit ramp to the hospital and was blocking traffic, police said. ...more

June 17, 2008

A tractor-trailer collided with a truck and a street sweeper, igniting the big rig, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA – All lanes at the I-275 and Memorial Highway interchange are open now that authorities have removed a jackknifed tractor-trailer. ...more

January 17, 2008

The U.S. Coast Guard is concerned that fuel leaking from a grounded shrimp boat at the entrance of John's Pass may damage the environment. The 22-foot-commercial shrimp boat, named "Rodac," hails from Reddington Beach. It began taking on water Friday night after it ran aground on a sand bar. Just why the vessel began to sink was unclear Saturday. ...more

January 12, 2008

A Manatee County hazardous material crew, along with personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, is on the scene of an early morning fuel spill. ...more

December 10, 2007