County commissioners today approved the final version of a deal to extend State Road 56 east of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. The deal, which took months to hammer out, frees $12 million set aside for the project by the developers of Meadow Pointe IV. That development's Community Development District is overseeing the construction of S.R. 56 between Bruce B. Downs and Meadow Pointe boulevards. The deal was sealed last month after county officials and the road builders met behind closed doors with representatives of Publix. ...more

September 8, 2008

Labor Day weekend provided a boon of drunken drivers and authorities were there to catch them. All told, the Florida Highway Patrol, Hernando County Sheriff's Office and Brooksville Police Department reported 10 arrests. Here's a brief rundown on who was arrested on suspicion of DUI; reports were not available on all the arrests. ...more

September 5, 2008

A four-vehicle crash Thursday night in Brandon left a Tennessee woman dead and a man seriously injured. ...more

August 29, 2008

A driver trying to avoid a collision with the vehicle in front of him swerved into the emergency lane of westbound Interstate 4 Sunday and struck two people standing near a disabled car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 17, 2008

A new bridge and ramp from westbound Spruce Street to Tampa International Airport opened today. ...more

August 11, 2008

Westbound Fletcher Avenue between Florida and Armenia avenues is back open after a serious car crash this morning, according to authorities. ...more

August 11, 2008

Florida Highway Patrol investigators arrested a man tonight in connection with a July 31 fatal hit and run in Pasco County. ...more

August 6, 2008

A Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured in a single-vehicle crash this afternoon ...more

August 5, 2008

Deputies arrested a 26-year-old woman on a drunken driving charge Sunday after her car plowed into a stopped sheriff's cruiser, sending the squad car more than 90 feet into an intersection. ...more

August 4, 2008

Deputies arrested a 26-year-old woman on a DUI charge after her car plowed into a stopped sheriff's cruiser, sending the squad car more than 90 feet into an intersection. ...more

August 3, 2008