Three large pickup trucks that serve as workhorses for construction crews, farmers and small business owners are not providing good protection in side crashes, according to tests conducted by the insurance industry. ...more

February 11, 2009

A Polk County paramedic was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Pasco County deputies, accused of shooting his gun while driving his truck. ...more

December 19, 2008

DADE CITY -- A Polk County paramedic was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Pasco County deputies, accused of shooting his gun while driving his truck. Jeffrey Allan Morgan, 33, of Dade City, was driving his 2004 GMC Sierra on Curley Road about 12:15 p.m. when witnesses saw him firing a handgun, a sheriff's office report states. ...more

December 18, 2008

General Motors Corp. will furlough entire shifts of workers at some truck factories and may move them to nearby car plants as it restructures to adjust to a rapidly changing U.S. market brought on by $4 a gallon gasoline. ...more

May 30, 2008

SEBRING — It seems the pain at the pump may not be the only way we'll pay for high gasoline prices. While medical device repairman Jason Rybinski is parking his 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck in favor of a Japanese sedan, Sheriff Susan Benton is upping her 2009 gasoline budget from $498,000 to $800,000. So even though the sheriff has told her department heads to assemble a flat budget, more tax money than ever will buy fuel for deputies to protect Highlands County. ...more

May 25, 2008

Two pickups and four motorcycles collided just south of town Wednesday morning, clogging traffic on Zephyrhills' main north-south artery. No one was seriously hurt, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

February 21, 2008

4 motorcycles and 2 pickups collide in south Zephyrhills ...more

February 20, 2008

LARGO - A man in a motorized wheelchair was killed when a sport utility vehicle struck him as he was crossing Missouri Avenue, according to Largo police. ...more

December 13, 2007