SEBRING Traffic on U.S. 27 North was creeping along at a snail's pace late Monday afternoon as emergency personnel cleaned up two separate accidents that were only a few feet apart. ...more

March 3, 2009

A 19-year-old Seminole man involved in a February wreck has died, the Florida Highway Patrol said this morning. Justin Fenton died Feb. 26, six days after the wreck on 109th Avenue North and County Road 296, Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in a prepared statement. ...more

March 2, 2009

Two Pinellas County sheriff's deputies were given hefty suspensions after a video camera in a squad car showed they misrepresented their actions in separate reports on the same traffic stop, according to sheriff's memoranda released this morning. ...more

February 26, 2009

A Lakeland man was charged with second degree murder in the stabbing of another man after an argument led to knife play Saturday evening, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 22, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday on Bee Ridge Road at Asbury Place in Sarasota. ...more

February 21, 2009

It's a spring thing. American bald eagle watchers who volunteer for the Clearwater Audubon Society say there are signs of new life popping up in nests all over Pinellas County. Among the 27 active eagle nests they keep track of in Pinellas, watchers say they have spotted 22 eaglets during this year's breeding season, which began last fall. ...more

February 20, 2009

The family of Kevin Bryant Jr. sat in tense, restrained silence, just feet from Eli Alvarez. Alvarez's decision to drink and drive ended 8-year-old Kevin's life on May 10, 2007. The boy's family came to court Thursday to watch Alvarez plead no contest to DUI-manslaughter in exchange for a 12-year prison sentence. ...more

February 19, 2009

Over a breakfast of Post Honey Bunches of Oats I was noticing on the box that they were promoting the cereal's Web site, onespoonful.com. Somehow, since I was enjoying the cereal, I wanted to immediately visit the site. Well, I might have had the immediate desire but I had to finish my cereal first. ...more

February 14, 2009

A school bus with students aboard was rear-ended by a pickup truck this morning. One person was transported to a local hospital from the scene, but it wasn't clear whether it was a bus passenger or someone from the pickup, according to preliminary information from Pasco County Fire Rescue dispatchers. It was thought the injury was minor. ...more

February 13, 2009

The sheriff's finance director pleaded no contest Thursday to a charge of DUI causing property damage. ...more

February 13, 2009