St. Petersburg Drive's glory days may soon return. Oldsmar officials hope recently initiated traffic-calming measures will spark an influx of new businesses along a roadway on which motorists are traveling slow enough to notice what's available. ...more

November 30, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - A Powell Middle School teacher protested just before his arrest on a DUI charge that "everybody drinks and drives" and asked the deputy why he was giving him "such a hard time," according to a report. ...more

November 13, 2007

An average of 3,500 car crashes with injuries happen every year on U.S. 19 in the 95-mile stretch between Pinellas and Citrus counties, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. ...more

October 8, 2007

A 27-year-old man involved in a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon turned himself into the Florida Highway Patrol on Thursday, the agency said. ...more

October 5, 2007

A bicyclist hit by a motorhome Wednesday morning was in critical condition hours after being taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, city police said. ...more

October 4, 2007

DADE CITY - A bicyclist hit by a motor coach this morning was in critical condition hours after being taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, city police said. Eddie Allen was riding his bike just north of the Jarrett Ford Mercury Lincoln dealership on the U.S. 98 Bypass near Old Lakeland Highway when he was struck by a motor coach, Capt. David Duff said. ...more

October 3, 2007

BRANDON - Eugenia Mitchell Shuler, the Hillsborough County school bus driver cited in a crash Tuesday that slightly injured 11 middle school students, resigned today. She submitted a one-page form letter to the school board office in downtown Tampa. ...more

September 5, 2007