Friday morning as a Rotary volunteer I worked the Salvation Army Circle for Cash and Cans. Giving is definitely down with our economy. However, nickels and dimes do count and they add up so next time you see a bell ringer and don't have any folding money just give your change. It all adds up. ...more

November 28, 2009

A 53-year-old man fatally shot his wife and two daughters Wednesday before turning the gun on himself, and a 16-year-old son who survived the attack managed to call 911 as he escaped uninjured from the Miami home, authorities said. ...more

February 25, 2009

A bicyclist collided with a school bus about 3 p.m. today as it was turning into Gaither High School, school officials said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Unruly students who rocked a school bus on the way to Lakewood Ranch High School are unlikely to find themselves facing a disorderly conduct charge. ...more

January 28, 2009

A Pinellas County school bus driver was cited this morning after he rear-ended a car that had stopped to let an emergency rescue vehicle go by, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 26, 2009

The investigation of the disappearance of cruise ship passenger Jennifer Ellis-Seitz of Winter Haven could take weeks, FBI spokesman Mike Leverock said today. ...more

December 31, 2008

SEMINOLE Three people were taken to the hospital this morning after a minivan collided with a school bus that was not carrying students, officials said. The minivan's driver was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, and one of the children in the vehicle was taken to All Children's Hospital, said Alison Shanabrook, spokeswoman for Seminole Fire Rescue. Two other children in the minivan were examined but not transported to the hospital. ...more

December 9, 2008

A Pinellas County school bus rear-ended a pickup truck towing a trailer this morning, injuring the two people in the truck and slightly injuring a student. ...more

December 8, 2008

A school bus driver was cited for turning left in front of approaching traffic Monday afternoon at U.S. 17 and Maxwell Drive in Wauchula, into the path of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, an FHP report stated. ...more

November 18, 2008

A substitute school bus driver slid into a ditch today, her first day on the job. ...more

October 27, 2008