The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protege was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 17, 2008

POLK CITY - The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protégé was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 16, 2008

Jesse T. Jones loved horses. He whispered and they listened, for more than 30 years. ...more

February 11, 2008

The first of what perhaps will be thousands of pages of reports on the deadly Interstate 4 pileup in Polk County trickled into public view Monday with narratives that detailed what happened. ...more

February 5, 2008

LAKELAND - The first installment of perhaps thousands of pages of reports and documentation of the massive pileup on Interstate 4 in Polk County in January trickled into public view this morning with narratives that laid out in detail what happened but nothing to hint at the chaos and confusion that greeted first responders. ...more

February 4, 2008

Regina and Jerry Witts love the annual Kumquat Festival, and the festival loves them. ...more

January 28, 2008

Camping World warehouse employee Jason Morgan didn't know that the man he was chasing had led deputies on a high-speed pursuit from Polk County. He didn't know whether the man was dangerous or why he was wanted. ...more

January 17, 2008

The 70-vehicle pileup on Interstate 4 in Polk County on Jan. 9 has claimed a fifth life, authorities said. ...more

January 16, 2008

TAMPA – El accidente en la I-4 clamó otra vida, dijeron las autoridades. ...more

January 15, 2008

TAMPA - The 70-vehicle pileup on Interstate 4 in Polk County on Wednesday has claimed a fifth life, authorities said. ...more

January 15, 2008