A gunman on a terrifying rampage across two southern Alabama counties killed at least nine people Tuesday, including members of his own family and apparent strangers, and burned down his mother's home before shooting himself at a metals plant, authorities said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Investigators looking into a deadly tour bus crash on a highway near the Hoover Dam said Saturday that it may take up to a month to figure out why the vehicle overturned, killing seven passengers and injuring 10 others. ...more

February 1, 2009

Firefighters in Polk County extinguished a blaze that damaged a house in Lakeland and left a family of four without a home this morning. ...more

January 18, 2009

A man was struck and killed by a vehicle when he walked into traffic on Gulf to Bay Boulevard on Friday night, said Elizabeth Watts, spokeswoman for Clearwater's public safety department. ...more

January 9, 2009

The person who jumped off a second-story balcony to escape a fire Tuesday night has been identified as Gerald Parks, 60, Clearwater public safety officials said this morning. Parks had already leapt off the balcony when firefighters arrived at the two-alarm blaze at a condominium building at 171 Marina Del Ray Court at about 11:30 p.m. ...more

December 31, 2008

A grey Tacoma pickup hit a school bus at North Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue at LaSalle Street this afternoon and left the scene, Clearwater police said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Five people were injured in a collision between a Polk County Transit Services bus and a van in Lake Alfred. Four of the injured were passengers on the bus. The other injured person was the driver of the van. All have been taken to a hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, said Heather Smith, spokeswoman for the Polk County Public Safety department. ...more

December 1, 2008

Clearwater police are investigating two wrecks this morning. In one, a vehicle hit a house. In the other, a car hit a person. ...more

November 21, 2008

Narcotics detectives went through a house Wednesday evening and confiscated 13 marijuana plants and three guns after the resident let them in without a search warrant, according to the Clearwater Police Department. ...more

November 20, 2008

An attempted burglary at a Polk County distributing company during the weekend is blamed for a spill of swimming pool chlorine that may have leaked up to 3,000 gallons of the chemical. ...more

August 11, 2008