Southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Hernando County are open following a fatal tractor-trailer wreck this morning that had blocked traffic for more than three hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers responded to a call at 4:50 a.m. and found a semitrailer and van involved in a crash. The tractor-trailer's driver, whose name was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said. ...more

July 6, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash involving three vehicles, including a semitrailer. ...more

February 16, 2009

A Tampa man was critically injured today when he lost control of a car on Interstate 75 and crashed into a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 26, 2008

On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. ...more

October 13, 2008

Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended. ...more

September 18, 2008

Deputies arrested two Tampa men and charged them with stealing more than $250 worth of diesel fuel from a semitraileraround 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report. ...more

July 23, 2008

At least one person has been killed in a traffic crash on U.S. 301 and Sun City Center Boulevard, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. A portion of the highway has been shut down. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - A chain-reaction crash shut down the lower deck of the Selmon Crosstown Expressway's westbound lanes for more than two hours during rush hour today. ...more

May 21, 2008

Play to win, but have fun doing it. That's how Rex "Scooter" Ballenger Jr., East Bay High's 5-foot-9-inch quarterback, lived life on the field and off, said his coach, teammates and father. Each spoke today at the school about how they are leaning on each other and trying to find something positive in the young man's death. ...more

May 20, 2008

EAST MANATEE - A woman was killed this morning in a crash that happened around 10:15 a.m. at State Road 70 and County Road 675 after her vehicle collided with a semitrailer, according to emergency radio broadcasts. ...more

November 14, 2007