Lacoochee Elementary School students took part in the school's Touch a Truck event Friday in Stanley Park near the school. ...more

April 29, 2009

After living 60 years in another state, I now make my home in Florida. Since arriving here, I took notice of the lack of commercial vehicle enforcement by Florida and local area law enforcement. What tripped my trigger was a semi that recently had his exhaust brake activated and was very loud. I heard this guy a mile before the intersection of Schumacher Road and U.S. 27. And I continued to hear him as he traveled south from Schumacher Road. Exhaust brakes are not loud if the vehicle is equipped with the proper equipment. But coupled with twin straight pipes and no mufflers (yes folks, no mufflers) it is loud, and that's what people complain about. But more concerning to me are the unsecured loads that are obvious. Large heavy equipment and building materials without load chains securing them to the beds of equipment trailers and trucks. ...more

March 13, 2009

It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. ...more

February 26, 2009

A 14-year-old boy was killed Sunday afternoon after falling into a muddy trench at a church construction site. ...more

January 12, 2009

A state lawmaker says Florida should place restrictions on brokers like two Pinellas County companies that are accused of pocketing deposits made on big trucks and heavy equipment. ...more

January 7, 2009

A state lawmaker said Florida should act to place restrictions on brokers like two Pinellas County companies that are accused of pocketing deposits made on big trucks and heavy equipment. ...more

January 6, 2009

Louisiana businessman Mike Flaherty said he was surprised to learn that the Dunedin-based financial company Landmark Leasing LLC was going out of business after he sent a check for more than $3,500 for an equipment lease on what he thought was a done deal. He also was surprised Wednesday when he got the money back. ...more

December 11, 2008

A customer says he was promised a refund by the now defunct Landmark Leasing LLC in Dunedin, which is under investigation by the Florida attorney general's office. He says Landmark didn't deliver on that promise. ...more

December 9, 2008

meet some of the faces of bankruptcy ...more

November 30, 2008

Owners of towing companies aren't the most sympathetic figures, hauling away and impounding illegally parked vehicles as they do. But Jeffrey Peters said this accounts for only about 5 percent of his business. Split Second mainly moves heavy equipment for contractors, and that's a business hit hard by the one-two punch of falling home construction and, until recently, rising fuel prices. ...more

November 28, 2008