Authorities say a woman has died after the car she was driving collided with a police cruiser during a chase in Miami. ...more

March 1, 2009

Authorities have identified the passenger killed while fleeing police on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg on Thursday night. Tyrone D. Dudley, 26, of St. Petersburg, died in a two-vehicle crash, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Though she bungled the delivery, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite was right Monday to call for a federal investigation of how two illegal immigrants with arrest records were free to allegedly carry out a string of violent robberies and rapes. ...more

August 26, 2008

Am I the only one who doesn't get Jim Gries' problem with Social Security? He doesn't seem to like the Trust Fund system, but his speeding car and duck waddle metaphors make his point a little hard to follow. ...more

August 26, 2008

SPRING LAKE — Joe DeCerbo thinks he's finally solved Spring Lake's water problem. South Florida Water Management District has allowed a seawall to be built that carries excess rainfall directly to Arbuckle Creek, without flowing over the land of ranch owner Sandra Tyrell. "This will, without a doubt, protect us and Sandy Tyrell forever," said DeCerbo, the manager of Spring Lake Improvement District for the past two years. "As soon as it's finished, we're going to sit down and have an agreement typed with them sitting there. We sign it, and Sandy signs it, and then we call the judge and get that injunction lifted." ...more

July 5, 2008

CLEARWATER Two men were seriously injured this morning in downtown Clearwater when their speeding car slammed into a fence, split in half and caught fire, police said. ...more

June 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Deputies arrested a man and woman Wednesday after the duo led them on car chase through Pinellas County. ...more

June 4, 2008

Because even under the most favorable circumstances Steve O'Neill is as chatty as a clam, we don't know what was on the 47-year-old Port Richey city councilman's mind early on the morning of May 25 when he climbed behind the wheel of his 2001 Ford. ...more

June 1, 2008

A 4-year-old girl narrowly escaped injury when chunks of metal landed next to her safety seat during a two-car collision. ...more

December 14, 2007

Regarding 'Sadly, Marine Has Nothing But Time' (Metro, Oct. 16): I seldom agree with the viewpoints espoused by Daniel Ruth but am moved to express my support of this column regarding the Bollea/Graziano circus. Although the injured young man must bear some responsibility for riding in Nick Bollea's speeding car without a seatbelt, the price he's paying is steep. ...more

October 17, 2007