PLANT CITY - A 28-year-old Dover man was killed Tuesday night when the driver of the car he was riding in ran a red traffic light and struck another vehicle at State Road 39 and Trapnell Road, officials said. ...more

February 7, 2008

Don't Blame Cameras Regarding "Red-Light Cameras Don't Stop Accidents" (Other views, Jan 23): ...more

January 26, 2008

At least two people saw Denise Amber Lee struggle with the man charged in her killing before she was shot in the head and left in a shallow grave, according to documents released Tuesday that reveal the last harrowing hours of the North Port mother's life. ...more

January 22, 2008

Re: "One Small Step For Homeowners," Hernando Today, Jan. 17, about impact of Amendment 1. ...more

January 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The way was cleared Thursday for a new shopping center, complete with a Publix and a CVS drugstore, on a stretch of State Road 54 just west of Mentmore Boulevard. ...more

January 11, 2008

Hear Our Cries This sorrowful update to our numerous pleadings, since 1999, for a caution light and a turn lane in both directions at the intersection of Lanier Road and State Road 54 just west of Zephyrhills has so far gone unrequited. ...more

January 6, 2008

SEBRING — Construction crews began work on Phase Two of the Sebring Parkway in July, doing mostly off-road work near Sebring High School. On Jan. 2, those construction crews will start the serious road building work, causing the complete shut-down of Eucalyptus Street, between Center and Grapefruit streets, for at least four and possibly as many as six months. This section of the parkway will replace the current two-lane Eucalyptus Street with a five-lane roadway with turning lanes. Phase Two of the parkway also will convert the current Highlands Avenue into a five-lane roadway, running all the way to U.S. 27. ...more

December 20, 2007

TAMPA - Deputies arrested a 24-year-old Riverview man Saturday night shortly after he robbed a Beverage Castle on Causeway Boulevard, arrest reports state. ...more

December 16, 2007

It took less than 30 seconds for the Silver Bridge to tumble into the Ohio River, killing 46 people and leaving towns on either side stunned and bereft. Stephen Darst, who saw it happen 40 years ago Saturday, has relived that half-minute countless times. ...more

December 16, 2007

Surveyors' stakes recently appeared along the edges of County Line Road on either side of its junction with Cypress Creek Road - the first sign that work could soon begin on improvements planned for the intersection. ...more

November 19, 2007