Todd Stepp remembers an unusual call for help his family-owned towing company received more than a decade ago. An 1,150-pound Tampa woman needed to get to a hospital, but there was no way she could fit in any ambulance. ...more

December 10, 2009

A motorcyclist died Wednesday night after riding between stopped cars on Interstate 4, losing control of the bike and sliding beneath a moving tow truck, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The motorcyclist, who has not been identified, died at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet, troopers said. ...more

October 15, 2009

Baltimore police say Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps has been in a two-car collision but not injured. ...more

August 13, 2009

Evidently, Jerry Lee Robinson couldn't bear to watch his vehicles being repossessed - or so say Pasco deputies. ...more

June 12, 2009

Donna Houchins of New Port Richey says thanks to everyone who helped with her daughter's car, which suffered an expensive breakdown. ...more

May 27, 2009

Jeremy Graves is ready to dent some metal. By day, he loads twisted vehicles onto the tow truck he drives for Stepp's Towing Service. ...more

February 21, 2009

St. Petersburg police arrested two 16-year-old boys Sunday, accusing them of setting fire to 14 cars and a house over a two-hour span. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 66-year-old man driving a scooter on West Waters Avenue died this afternoon after colliding with a tow truck, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 31, 2009

A fatal motorcycle crash has brought traffic to a standstill at State Road 54 and Morris Bridge Road in Pasco County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

January 15, 2009

Gerald Graup has always been handy with tools. When he wasn't making a living from it, he spent his spare time making things, like the wooden model of a Mississippi riverboat he displays in a case in his living room on top of a cabinet he built himself. ...more

December 6, 2008