Starting about 5 a.m. Friday, Adamo Drive (State Road 60) will be closed in both directions between North 34th Street and North 26th Street to allow workers to replace the railroad crossing. ...more

March 16, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

A weapons charge has been added against a man arrested Thursday night after a suspected pipe bomb and guns were found in his vehicle, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said this morning. ...more

March 13, 2009

A man with a bicycle was killed by a dump truck today in the 5600 block of West Waters Avenue, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 12, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 11, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009

Hillsborough County won't see red for at least three months. Temple Terrace, meanwhile, is considering expanding its year-old red-light camera program that targets drivers who flout stoplights. ...more

March 6, 2009

Hillsborough County won't see red for at least three months. Temple Terrace, meanwhile, is considering expanding its year-old red-light camera program targeting drivers who blow through intersections. ...more

March 5, 2009

Hillsborough and Polk drivers are more reluctant to buckle up than other motorists in Florida, according to a sampling of the state's 12 most populous counties. ...more

March 4, 2009

Firefighters have a 50-acre brush fire west of Hudson about 90 percent contained, and homes in the path of the blaze appear safe, state forestry officials say. ...more

February 23, 2009