Starting at 2:30 p.m. today until 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, the Sebring Parkway (Highlands Avenue) will be closed from Commerce Avenue to Josephine Street, and Kenilworth Boulevard will be closed from the SCFE railroad tracks to Prosper Avenue due to roadway construction at the intersection of Sebring Parkway and Kenilworth Boulevard. ...more

December 18, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida's passenger rail bill into law Wednesday in ceremonies in Tampa and three other cities while delivering the message that new rail equals thousands of new jobs. More than 150 Tampa Bay area elected officials, business people and transportation advocates turned out at a vacant lot just south of the intersection of Interstate 275 and Interstate 4, where a high-speed rail station is planned for a proposed Tampa-to-Orlando route. The bill will improve the state's chances at winning federal stimulus money for the high-speed rail line that could be built by 2014. It also will jump-start the $1.2 billion SunRail project planned for Central Florida, create a new statewide rail authority and dedicate additional state money to Tri-Rail, South Florida's faltering commuter line. The high-speed project could provide as many as 15,000 construction jobs beginning in 2011 if the Obama administration approves the state's $2.5 billion high-speed rail bid, state officials said in its federal stimulus application. "Jobs, jobs, jobs is what it's really all about," Crist said. ...more

December 17, 2009

Deputies arrested two cousins and charged them in the killing of a man who tried to resist a robbery attempt while walking his dogs. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested Christopher Rodriguez, 22, and Emanuel Rodriguez, 16, at their home at 4727 Town 'N Country Blvd. about 7 p.m. Tuesday. ...more

December 16, 2009

As police officers canvassed downtown streets Tuesday morning to remind pedestrians to stay safe, they almost found themselves with another accident to investigate. ...more

December 16, 2009

TAMPA -- Arson investigators say that an early morning fire today, which heavily damaged a vacant house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year, appears suspicious. This morning's blaze is the 19th over the past 12 months in and near the V.M. Ybor neighborhood just north of the historic district. ...more

December 15, 2009

Two men and one juvenile were arrested and charged with stealing a woman's purse Tuesday night before stunning her with a stun gun. ...more

December 10, 2009

A Bowling Green woman later died from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle accident Friday at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Sun 'n Lake Boulevard. ...more

December 8, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer was involved in a vehicle accident this afternoon. ...more

December 3, 2009

Motorists on Monday may face delays and possible congestion as drainage improvements are made at the intersection of Spring Hill Drive and Pinehurst Drive (by Walgreens). ...more

November 27, 2009

A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy was injured Tuesday night when a car collided with his cruiser at the intersection of Seminole Boulevard and 110th Avenue North, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 25, 2009