It was just the sort of celebration their gregarious pastor and his fun-loving, guitar-playing son would have enjoyed. ...more

May 17, 2008

Fumes from an electrical fire incapacitated two pilots, causing their NASCAR plane to plunge into a neighborhood near Orlando, killing them and three people on the ground, according to a NASCAR report released Friday. But federal investigators do not necessarily agree with that claim. ...more

May 11, 2008

A nationwide helicopter flight school with operations in four Florida cities, including Lakeland, said Monday that it ceased operating and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. ...more

February 5, 2008

Steel plates connecting beams in the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis were too thin by half and fractured, "the critical factor" in the collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

Authorities retrieved a single-engine plane from Old Tampa Bay on Monday afternoon, two days after it crashed, killing the pilot and the pilot's parents. ...more

January 14, 2008