A female hot dog vendor was killed and a man seriously injured when they were struck by a runaway trailer at East Hillsborough Avenue and North Taliaferro Avenue on Monday afternoon, Tampa police said. ...more

August 25, 2009

A woman hot dog vendor was killed and a man injured when they were struck by a runaway trailer on Hillsborough and Taliaferro avenues on Monday afternoon, Tampa police said. ...more

August 24, 2009

An 83-year-old Spring Hill man died Tuesday after he was struck by his own car as it rolled down a driveway. ...more

January 15, 2009

Two friends who live in Walden Lake have been riding together for almost five years - not in a car or truck, or on motorcycles or bikes, but on handcycles, recreational, hand-powered, three-wheeled wheelchairs for those who have lost the use of their legs. ...more

August 20, 2008

Noise is one of the most frequently heard reasons for fleeing from the dense development of the city to the suburbs or ...more

July 25, 2008

The tragic accident over the weekend in which a Lakeland man on a riding lawnmower ran over his 19-month-old granddaughter is not such an isolated event, authorities said. Across the nation, about 75,000 people are injured in mower mishaps, including almost 10,000 children and teens. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics in a 2007 report, most of the injuries to children involve teens, and a fourth of the accidents injures a child younger than 5. In all, about 75 people die each year from mower injuries, authorities say. ...more

May 27, 2008

Call COPPS To Solve Neighborhood Woes Do you have a neighbor ignoring the fact their children use your yard as their own? Do your neighbor's children seek carte blanche trespass rights on your private property? Do your neighbor's children kick balls in your yard, climb the fence to retrieve it, shoot pellets at your no trespass signs. Do they authorize their children to drive the family riding lawnmower as a means of entertainment for joy riding on your residential street? Do your neighbor's children bring invited guests over, only to have you find them playing in your yard? ...more

December 11, 2007