Recently, I went to Micky D's on U.S. 27 S., just south of Lakeview. Well, after I got my $2 food, I was promptly pulled over for making the right hand turn and across into the u-turn lane. Sounds okay to me, it says "right turn only" and I went right. So why did I get a $139 ticket? The officer said I was going into oncoming traffic. Huh? Not possible! There's a median strip; everyone does this every hour of every day! ...more

August 31, 2008

Two teens were injured Sunday afternoon on the Intracoastal Waterway in Clearwater when the personal watercraft they were riding exploded, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 24, 2008

Detectives are looking for two suspects following an armed robbery and shooting at Lucky Pool, 4717 49th St. N., that left two people injured Saturday afternoon. ...more

August 23, 2008

Clay and Becky Halbert of North Port planned to have a midwife deliver their son at a Sarasota medical center. Things did not go according to plan. ...more

August 18, 2008

Two women were abducted and robbed in Hillsborough County, authorities said this morning. ...more

August 16, 2008

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews were called to a water treatment plant tonight after receiving a call that chlorine gas was leaking from a 1-ton tank. ...more

August 11, 2008

Arson detectives are investigating a pre-dawn house fire that injured two men in the High Point area of Pinellas County, Largo Fire Rescue reported. ...more

August 10, 2008

CORAL GABLES Miami senior defensive tackle Antonio Dixon was taken to a hospital by ambulance after apparently suffering effects from the strong heat and humidity during Wednesday's practice. ...more

August 6, 2008

The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. ...more

August 6, 2008

Authorities arrested a man they say broke into a Palm Harbor home early Friday and raped a 57-year-old woman. ...more

July 26, 2008